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Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Coonty

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Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
Coat of airms o Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
Coat airms
Location of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
KintraHungary
RegionNorthren Great Plain
Coonty seatSzolnok
Area
 • Total5582 km2 (2,155 sq mi)
Population
 • Total399,000
 • Density71/km2 (190/sq mi)

Coordinates: 47°15′N 20°30′E / 47.250°N 20.500°E / 47.250; 20.500

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name o an admeenistrative coonty (comitatus or megye) in Hungary. It lies in central Hungary an shares borders wi the Hungarian coonties Pest, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar, Békés, Csongrád, an Bács-Kiskun. The rivers Tisza an Körös flow through the coonty. The caipital o Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok coonty is Szolnok. Its aurie is 5582 km². Afore approximately 1990, the name o the coonty wis Szolnok. The coonty is an aa pairt o the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa (Duna-Körös-Maros-Tisza) euroregion. The coonty is named efter the Cumans (Kun) who settled there, amang ither places.