Kaskantyú
Kaskantyú | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Kaskantyú  Kaskantyú  Kaskantyú | |
| Coordinates: 46°40′20″N 19°23′14″E / 46.67222°N 19.38722°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Bács-Kiskun |
| District | Kiskőrös |
| Area | |
• Total | 58.28 km2 (22.50 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 1,002[1] |
| • Density | 17.2/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6211 |
| Area code | 78 |
Kaskantyú is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of Hungary.
Etymology
The name is of Cuman origin. It comes from "qaçqınçıɣ", which means "like a fugitive".[2]
Geography
It covers an area of 58.28 km2 (23 sq mi) and has a population of 1002 people as of 2015.[1]
References
- ^ a b Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015
- ^ Rásonyi, László (1967). "LES ANTHROPONYMES COMANS DE HONGRIE". Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (in French). 20 (2): 135–149.
