Szabolcs is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day north-eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Nyíregyháza.

Geography

Szabolcs county shared borders with the counties Borsod, Zemplén (Zemplín), Ung, Bereg, Szatmár, Bihar and Hajdú. It was situated mostly south of the river Tisza. Its area was 4637 km² around 1910.

History

Szabolcs is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. After World War I, it was merged with a very small part of former Ung county to form Szabolcs-Ung county, with capital Nyíregyháza. After World War II, the county was merged with the Hungarian parts of Szatmár and Bereg counties to form Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. Some parts of Szabolcs county (around Polgár and north-east of Debrecen) are currently in Hajdú-Bihar county.

Districts

In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were:

• Dada alsó, capital Tiszalök
• Dada felső, capital Gáva (currently part of Gávavencsellö )
• Bogdány, capital Kemecse
• Kisvárda
• Tisza, capital Mándok
• Nyírbátor
• Nagykálló

Urban district:

• Nyíregyháza