There are seven statistical regions of Hungary created in 1999 by the Law 1999/XCII amending Law 1996/XXI. The regional division is expected to replace the present 20 administrative division into 19 counties and the capital city.[citation needed] Regions are groupings of these units. | | | Name of the region | Regional centre | Area (km2) | Population | Density (/km2) | | Northern Hungary | Miskolc | 13,428 | 1,289,000 | 96 | | Northern Great Plain | Debrecen | 17,749 | 1,554,000 | 88 | | Southern Great Plain | Szeged | 18,339 | 1,367,000 | 75 | | Central Hungary | Budapest | 6,919 | 2,825,000 | 408 | | Central Transdanubia | Székesfehérvár | 11,237 | 1,114.000 | 99 | | Western Transdanubia | Győr | 11,209 | 1,004,000 | 90 | | Southern Transdanubia | Pécs | 14,169 | 989,000 | 70 | [edit] Euroregions Hungary belongs into the following euroregions: - Carpathian Euroregion: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Heves
- West Pannonia Euroregion: Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas, Zala
- Danube-Drava-Sava: Baranya
- Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa (DKMT): Bács-Kiskun, Békés, Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
- Ister-Granum Euroregion: Komárom-Esztergom, Nógrád
(Counties sometimes only roughly correspond to euroregions, so overlap is possible.) [edit] Sources
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