Kaskantyú

Kaskantyú
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Coordinates: 46°40′20″N 19°23′14″E
Country	Hungary
County	Bács-Kiskun
District	Kiskőrös
Area
• Total	58.28 km^2 (22.50 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	1,002[1]
• Density	17.2/km^2 (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 km^2 (23 sq mi) and has a population of 1002 people as of 2015.[1]

References

1. Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015
2. Rásonyi, László (1967). "LES ANTHROPONYMES COMANS DE HONGRIE". Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (in French). 20 (2): 135–149.