Ajak (Hungary)
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| Postal code | 4524 |
| Area code | 45 |
Ajak is a town in
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary
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At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Jews lived in the village.Holocaust.[4]
Etymology
The 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
It covers an area of 24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi)[1] and has a population of 3952 people (2002).
Birth Place of
Laszlo Szekely, planter and writer who was married to Madelon Szekely – Lulofs.
References
- ^ 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
- ISBN 963-05-2277-2.
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