NORTH GREAT PLAlN
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GEOGRAPHY AND DEMOGRAPHY
Northern Great Plain is bordered by Romania and the Ukraine from the east, by the River Tisza from the north and by Hungarian counties from the south Its territory covers nearly half of the Hungarian Great Plain, with an area of 17 729 square kilometres, with a population of 1.554.000 people and a density of 88 inhabitants per square kilometre.
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INFRASTRUCTURES
Motorways and railroads are developed in the Region, which is well connected to the rest of the Country.
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ECONOMY
In terms of Gross Domestic Product per capita, the region registered EUR 3 771 in 2001. The region accounts for 10.2% of the Gross Value Added of the Country. The share of the primary sector in the Gross Value Added was 8.6% - twice as high as the national average. Regarding the secondary sector, its share in the GVA was comparable in the region (31.6%) and at the national level (31.3%). The share of the tertiary sector was consequently lower in the region (59.8% against 64.4% nationally). The medicinal waters of Hajdúszoboszló are famous internationally, and many people visit the spas of Nyíregyháza-Sóstó, Debrecen as well as Szolnok.
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LABOUR MARKET
The employment rate is 68% and the unemployment rate is around 8%.
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DATA RELATED TO REGIONAL STRUCTURAL FUNDS MECHANISMS
For the 2000-2006 period the region was ob. 1, for the 2007-2013 will the ob. Convergence.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Research and development in the North Great Plain Region is based primarily in the higher education system. Almost 250 research and development institutions were recorded (12% of the country's).
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