Szolnok-Doboka County
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Szolnok-Doboka is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in northern Romania (northern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Dej (Romanian, Dés in Hungarian).
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[edit] Geography
Szolnok-Doboka county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Szilágy, Szatmár, Máramaros, Beszterce-Naszód and Kolozs. The river Someş/Szamos flows through the county. Its area was 4786 km² around 1910.
[edit] History
Szolnok-Doboka county was formed in 1876, when the county Belső-Szolnok was united with part of the Doboka region.
In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania except Hungarian occupation between 1940-1944 during World War II. The territory of the county is now divided under the Romanian counties Cluj (the center and south, a.o. Dej), Maramureş (the north), Bistriţa-Năsăud (the east) and Sălaj (the west).
[edit] Demographics
In 1910, county had a population of 251,936 people. Population by language:
- Romanian = 189,443
- Hungarian = 52,181
- German = 6,902
[edit] Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Szolnok-Doboka county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
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| District | Capital |
| Bethlen | Bethlen, RO Beclean |
| Csákigorbó | Csákigorbó, RO Gârbou |
| Dés | Dés, RO Dej |
| Kápolnokmonostor | Kápolnokmonostor, RO Copalnic-Mănăştur |
| Kékes | Kékes, RO Chiochiş |
| Magyarlápos | Magyarlápos, RO Târgu Lăpuş |
| Nagyilonda | Nagyilonda, RO Ileanda |
| Szamosújvár | Szamosújvár, RO Gherla |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Dés, RO Dej | |
| Szamosújvár, RO Gherla | |
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