Szeged

an industrial city in S Hungary, on the Tisza River. Pop.: 162 860 (2003 est.)

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Szeged

a city in southern Hungary; situated in the Tisza River, near the mouth of the Maros (Mures) River. Administrative center of the megye (county) of Csongrád. Population, 131,000 (1972). Szeged is a railroad junction and river port. Local enterprises produce textiles, including cotton, wool, linen, silk, and knit fabrics, and foodstuffs, including flour, salami, canned fruit and meat, and paprika. Szeged also manufactures tobacco products, leather and footwear, wood products, including matches and plywood, clothing, and metal products. The city has a shipyard and plants for the production of industrial rubber products and the purification of gas, which utilize Szeged’s gas and oil deposits. Szeged has a university, a medical school, and a pedagogical school. The city is protected from flooding by dikes.

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