Hungary is subdivided administratively into 20 regions which are the 19 counties (megyék, singular: megye) and the capital city (főváros): Budapest. These are further subdivided into 173 subregions (kistérségek), with Budapest comprising its own subregion. [edit] Subdivision There are 23 towns with county's rights (megyei jogú városok, singular: megyei jogú város), sometimes called urban counties. The local authorities of these towns have extended powers but they are not independent territorial units.
| Name of county | County seat | Area
(km²) | Population | Population
density | Towns/
villages | | | | Bács-Kiskun | Kecskemét | 8,445 | 541,584 | 64 | 119 | | Baranya | Pécs | 4,430 | 402,260 | 91 | 301 | | Békes | Békéscsaba | 5,631 | 392,845 | 70 | 75 | | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | Miskolc | 7,247 | 739,143 | 102 | 355 | | Csongrád | Szeged | 4,263 | 425,785 | 100 | 60 | | Fejér | Székesfehérvár | 4,359 | 428,579 | 98 | 108 | | Győr-Moson-Sopron | Győr | 4,208 | 440,138 | 105 | 182 | | Hajdú-Bihar | Debrecen | 6,211 | 550,265 | 89 | 82 | | Heves | Eger | 3,637 | 323,769 | 89 | 119 | | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | Szolnok | 5,582 | 413,174 | 74 | 75 | | Komárom-Esztergom | Tatabánya | 2,265 | 315,886 | 139 | 76 | | Nógrád | Salgótarján | 2,546 | 218,218 | 86 | 129 | | Pest | Budapest | 6,393 | 1,124,395 | 176 | 186 | | Somogy | Kaposvár | 6,036 | 334,065 | 55 | 244 | | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | Nyíregyháza | 5,936 | 583,564 | 98 | 228 | | Tolna | Szekszárd | 3,703 | 247,287 | 67 | 108 | | Vas | Szombathely | 3,336 | 266,342 | 80 | 216 | | Veszprém | Veszprém | 4,493 | 368,519 | 82 | 217 | | Zala | Zalaegerszeg | 3,784 | 269,705 | 78 | 257 | There are five towns with county's rights in addition to the county seats: [edit] See also | Counties of Hungary | | | Counties | |  | | | Urban counties | | | |
