Észak-Magyarország és az Alföld gazdasága röviden, angolul

1. Economy of
Northern Hungary
and the
Great Plain
Nagy Dóra 11.c

2. The Northern Region
• Important basins (Nógrád-basin,
Salgótarján-basin, Borsod Basin)
• Covered with forest
• Soil erosion of the hills
• Industry is dominant,
agriculture has a minor role

3. Agriculture
• Wheat, potato, malting barley
(Hernád-valley)
• Top quality wine Tokaj-Hegyalja,
Eger, Gyöngyös, Visonta
Tobacco  Verpelét, Heves
• Fruit and vegetables  Hatvan
• Sugar beet  Hatvan and
Szerencs

4. Heavy Industry
• Brown coal, lignite is extracted
• Thermal power stations
• Iron and steel production
• Building material industry
• Important centres are now use
imported hydrocarbons

5. Towns
 Miskolc:
• centre of the region,
• 3. largest city,
• iron and steel works,
• cement works,
• educational centre
 Lillafüred and Tapolca
 tourism

6. Towns
• Tiszaújváros  hydrocarbon-based
chemical industry
• Kazincbarcika  chemical industry
• Ózd  metallurgy in bad condition
• Salgótarján  iron, steel, glass
production
• Hatvan  agricultural centre
• Gyöngyös, Eger  cultural centre,
wine, tourism

7. The Great
Plain

8. Nyírség
• Potato, rye, sunflower, tobacco, apple,
plum
• Cattle-raising
• Nyíregyháza:
 Agriculture, tyres,
clothing

9. Hajdúság
• Leading agricultural region
• Wheat, maize, sugar beet
• Livestock raising
• Hortobágy
• Debrecen: cultural centre
• Hajdúszoboszló: thermal water, natural
gas extinction
• Kaba: used to have sugar works

10. Great Cumenia and Jazygia
(Jászság)
• Wheat, maize, sunflower, sugar beet,
rice
• Poultry and pig
• Szolnok  centre, chemical industry,
paper, pulp production
• Karcag, Törökszentmiklós  food
processing
• Jászberény  centre of Jászság,
refrigerator

11. Southern part
• Little Cumenia (Kiskunság)  oil and
natural gas, vine and fruits
• Körös-Maros Interfluve 
-hemp, sugar beat, wheat, maize,
-pig, poultry raising
-Onion  Makó, Red pepper 
Szeged
• Along the danube  vegetables, red
pepper (Kalocsa), wheat, maize

12. Tiszántúl
• Centre: Békéscsaba  textile industry,
food processing
• Gyula  tourism
• Orosháza  glass products
• Kecskemét  grape, fruit, vegetable
growing, heavy industry
• Kiskunfélegyháza  machines,
chemical industry

13. Szeged
• Largest settlement of the region
• Textile industry
• Food processing
• Heavy industry is less
significant
• Cultural, educational centre

14. Thank you for
your
attention!