Northern Great Plain

Northern Great Plain
Észak-Alföld
Region
Country Hungary
Capital cityDebrecen
Area
 • Total
17,749 km2 (6,853 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
1,514,020
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
NUTS codeHU32
GDP per capita (PPS)€12,900 (2017)[1]
HDI (2019)0.831[2]
very high · 6th

The Northern Great Plain (Hungarian: Észak-Alföld ['eːsɒk 'ɒlføld]) is a statistical (NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of the Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Northern Great Plain includes the counties of Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, with a total area of 17,749 km2 (6,853 sq mi) and a population of around 1.5 million.[3] The region is in the eastern part of Hungary. It borders northern Hungary to the north, Ukraine to the north-east, Romania to the south-east, the Southern Great Plain region of Hungary to the south, and central Hungary to the west. The region's centre, and capital city is Debrecen, the second largest city within Hungary.

  1. ^ Eurostat (26 February 2019). "GDP per capita in 281 EU regions in 2017". Europa web portal. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  3. ^ Northern Great Plain