Karcag

Karcag covers an area of and has a population of 20,632 people (2011). ==Transport==

Karcag has its own railway station. ==Politics==

The current mayor of Karcag is László Dobos (Fidesz-KDNP). The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 12 members (1 Mayor, 8 Individual constituencies MEPs and 3 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances: ==Twin towns – sister cities==

Karcag is twinned with: • Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania (1990) • Kunszentmiklós, Hungary (2009) • Lazdijai, Lithuania (2004) • Lednice, Czech Republic (2006) • Merki District, Kazakhstan (1998) • Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia (1998) • Schwarzheide, Germany (2004) • Stara Moravica (Bačka Topola), Serbia (1994) ==Notable people==

• István Varró (died in 1770), the last speaker of the Cuman language • Colonel Michael de Kovats (1724–1779), the father of the US cavalry, a Hungarian hussar was born in Karcag • Gyula (Julius) Németh (1890–1976), Hungarian Turkologist, linguist • Avram Hershko (born 1937), Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry • Margit Sebők (1939–2000), painter and educator • Kevin Varga (born 1996), footballer • Mihály Varga (born 1965), politician, since 2013 Minister of National Economy • Suzi Diamond, Holocaust survivor. ==References==