Tiszaújváros
Town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
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Tiszaújváros (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈtisɒuːjvaːroʃ]; Slovak: Nové Mesto nad Tisou) is an industrial town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 35 km (22 mi) south-east of Miskolc, near the river Tisza.
Tiszaújváros | |
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  Tiszaújváros Location within Hungary | |
| Coordinates: 47.92281°N 21.05219°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
| District | Tiszaújváros |
| Area | |
• Total | 46.04 km2 (17.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 18,021 |
| • Density | 391.4/km2 (1,014/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 3580 |
| Area code | (+36) 49 |
| Website | www |
History
The town was built up on the outskirts of the old village Tiszaszederkény. In legal terms the old village and the new town are the same: the village became a town in 1966 and was renamed twice, in 1970 and in 1991.[1]
Twin towns – sister cities
Tiszaújváros is twinned with:[2]
Berehove, Ukraine
Dexing, China
Friesenheim (Ludwigshafen), Germany
Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Neuhofen an der Krems, Austria
Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia
Świętochłowice, Poland- Zawiercie County, Poland
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