Kondoros
Town in Békés, Hungary
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Coat of arms
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Kondoros (Slovak: Kondoroš) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
Jews lived in Kondorosh at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century,[1] the local Jewish community was subordinate to the Szarvas community. In 1944, most of the city's Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.[2]
Geography
It covers an area of 81.84 km² and has a population of 5,355 people (2009).
46°45′N 20°48′E / 46.750°N 20.800°E / 46.750; 20.800
Twin towns – sister cities
Kondoros is twinned with:[3][4]
Atid, Romania
Gabčíkovo, Slovakia
Hanhofen, Germany
Kikinda, Serbia
Tekovské Lužany, Slovakia
References
External links
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