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Mezőkovácsháza
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Mezőkovácsháza
Coordinates: 46°24′N 20°55′E / 46.400°N 20.917°E / 46.400; 20.917
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
Area
• Total	62.59 km2 (24.17 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	6,141
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (CEST)
Postal code	5800
Area code	68

Mezőkovácsháza is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.

The mother of General Benny Gantz, the current Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, was born in the Jewish community of Mezőkovácsháza. During the Holocaust she was deported to a Nazi extermination camp, survived and after the war went to the then Mandatory Palestine.

Geography

It covers an area of 62.59 square kilometres (24.17 square miles) and has a population of 6945 people (2002).

Notable residents

• György Simonka (1974-), politician
• József Balázs (1984-), footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

Mezőkovácsháza is twinned with:

• Semlac, Romania
• Praid, Romania
• Vinga, Romania
• Moneasa, Romania

External links

• Civic Union of Mezőkovácsháza | Mezőkovácsházi Polgári Egyesület

46°24′N 20°55′E / 46.400°N 20.917°E / 46.400; 20.917

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