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Ajak is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
Ajak | |
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  Ajak | |
| Coordinates: 48°11′N 22°02′E / 48.183°N 22.033°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2015)[2] | |
• Total | 3,730 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4524 |
| Area code | 45 |
At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Jews lived in the village.[3] In 1910, 83 Jews lived in the village. Some of them were murdered in the Holocaust.[4]
Etymology
editThe name of the town is of uncertain origin. It may come from a personal name. This personal name can come from the Turkish word ajaq ('leg'), or the old Hungarian aj ('opening'). Another possibility is that it was named from a fishpond called Ajakas-tó due to it having one course.[5]
Geography
editIt covers an area of 24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi)[1] and has a population of 3952 people (2002).
Notable people
edit- Laszlo Szekely, planter and writer who was married to Madelon Szekely – Lulofs.
References
edit- ^ a b "Helységnévkönyv adattár". Retrieved 25 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
- ^ Hungarian Jewish census
- ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
- ^ Kiss, Lajos (1980). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 963-05-2277-2.
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