Szeged: Hungary

Szeged (in Serbian Segedin, in Polish Segedyn, in Romanian Seghedin, in Slovak Segedín) is the fourth largest city of Hungary, the regional centre of South-Eastern Hungary and the capital of Csongrád county. Szeged is situated near the southern border of Hungary, just to the south of the mouth of the Maros River, on both banks of the Tisza River (Theiss, Tiscia). Population: 175 301 (2003). Due to the high number of sunshine hours annually, Szeged is often called City of Sunshine (a name she shares with another Hungarian city, Debrecen.) As of the census of 2001, there are 163.699 people residing in the city; 93.5% Magyars, 0.7% Roma, 0.5% Germans, 0.2% Serbians, 0.2% Romanians, 0.1% Croatians, 0.1% Slovaks and 5.9% other. The population density is 582.9/km². There are 70.787 housing units at an average density of 252.05/km².
Tourist sights
Downtown, Dóm tér (“Cathedral square�)
Episcopal palace (centre of the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád)
Franciscan Church (Gothic, 15th century)
Greek Orthodox Church (18th century)
Synagogue
Minorite Church (Baroque, 18th century)
Ferenc Móra Museum
National Theatre of Szeged
Botanic Garden of the University
Szeged Zoo