Economy of Economy of Northern Northern

Hungary and the Hungary and the Great PlainGreat Plain

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The Northern RegionThe Northern Region

• Important basins (Nógrád-basin, Salgótarján-basin, Borsod Basin)

• Covered with forest• Soil erosion of the hills

• Industry is dominant, agriculture has a minor role

AgricultureAgriculture

•Wheat, potato, malting barley (Hernád-valley)

•Top quality wine Tokaj-Hegyalja, Eger, Gyöngyös, VisontaTobacco Verpelét, Heves

•Fruit and vegetables Hatvan•Sugar beet Hatvan and

Szerencs

Heavy IndustryHeavy Industry

•Brown coal, lignite is extracted

•Thermal power stations• Iron and steel production•Building material industry• Important centres are now

use imported hydrocarbons

TownsTowns

Miskolc: Miskolc: • centre of the region, • 3. largest city, • iron and steel works, • cement works, • educational centreLillafüred and TapolcaLillafüred and Tapolca

tourism

TownsTowns

• Tiszaújváros hydrocarbon-based chemical industry

• Kazincbarcika chemical industry• Ózd metallurgy in bad condition• Salgótarján iron, steel, glass

production• Hatvan agricultural centre• Gyöngyös, Eger cultural centre,

wine, tourism

The Great The Great PlainPlain

NyírségNyírség

• Potato, rye, sunflower, tobacco, apple, plum

• Cattle-raising• Nyíregyháza:Agriculture, tyres,

clothing

HajdúságHajdúság

• Leading agricultural region• Wheat, maize, sugar beet• Livestock raising• Hortobágy• Debrecen: cultural centre• Hajdúszoboszló: thermal water,

natural gas extinction• Kaba: used to have sugar works

Great Cumenia and Jazygia Great Cumenia and Jazygia (Jászság)(Jászság)• Wheat, maize, sunflower, sugar

beet, rice• Poultry and pig• Szolnok centre, chemical

industry, paper, pulp production• Karcag, Törökszentmiklós food

processing• Jászberény centre of Jászság,

refrigerator

Southern partSouthern part

• Little Cumenia (Kiskunság) oil and natural gas, vine and fruits

• Körös-Maros Interfluve -hemp, sugar beat, wheat, maize,-pig, poultry raising-Onion Makó, Red pepper Szeged

• Along the danube vegetables, red pepper (Kalocsa), wheat, maize

TiszántúlTiszántúl

• Centre: Békéscsaba textile industry, food processing

• Gyula tourism• Orosháza glass products• Kecskemét grape, fruit,

vegetable growing, heavy industry• Kiskunfélegyháza machines,

chemical industry

SzegedSzeged

•Largest settlement of the region

•Textile industry•Food processing•Heavy industry is less significant

•Cultural, educational centre

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