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Onga, Hungary

Eastern Europe

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
Population
4689 1
Area (sq km)
31.33 1
Founding Year
1222 2
Founding Year
1222 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Latitude
48.118989 degrees north 1
Longitude
20.90735 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
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)
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2. 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.
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 48.119,20.9074
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 110.0
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 48.25, 20.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 48.25, 20.75
48.25 20.75 Cfb
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5. GeoNames: Onga - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 716799, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.74 km)
Quote, cities500 record 716799, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.74 km)
48.11667 20.91667 P PPL HU 04 4697 113 Europe/Budapest
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Onga, Hungary (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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