Onga is a town in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen County in northeastern Hungary, in the Miskolc District about ten kilometers from Miskolc, with Bronze Age artifacts showing habitation since prehistoric times and a first written record from 1222. It was burned during the Ottoman occupation in 1588 and suffered further during the Rakoczi uprising, but it rebuilt and grew through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and it was granted town status on July 15, 2013 after industrial development and the expansion of the railway spurred its growth.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Latitude48.118989 degrees north 1 FAQs
How did Onga become a town?
By a ministerial proposal, with town status granted on July 15, 2013.
According to the Hungarian Wikipedia article on Onga, it received the title of town on July 15, 2013, on the proposal of the minister of public administration and justice.
Sources
1. Onga, Hungary (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 4,689 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 48.118989, longitude 20.90735
P2046 (area)
area 31.33 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 4689 (2025)
View the Source2. Wikipedia (Hungarian): Onga (Magyarország)
Wikipedia (Hungarian)Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1222
Először 1222 -ben említik Ongát.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1222
Először 1222 -ben említik Ongát.
Source text, founding-year: 1222
Először 1222 -ben említik Ongát.
View the Source Onga, Hungary (Wikipedia)
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