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administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary

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Somogy County is an administrative district in Hungary that has existed as a regional division both in the modern country and historically in the former Kingdom of Hungary. It serves as a local governing area within Hungary's administrative structure.

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Official name
Somogy vármegye
Country
Hungary
Located in
Hungary
Contains
Tab District
Capital
Kaposvár
Population
293470
Area
6065.07
Shares border with
Baranya County
Official website
www.som-onkorm.hu
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different from
Somogy County
native label
Somogy vármegye
Commons category
Somogy County
topic's main category
Category:Somogy County
inception
1950-02-01
category for people born here
Category:Births in Somogy County
category of associated people
Category:People from Somogy County
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Somogy County
topic has template
Template:Somogy
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Encyclopedic overview

Somogy (Hungarian: Somogy vármegye, pronounced [ˈʃomoɟ]; Croatian: Šomođska županija; Slovene: Šomodska županija, German: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or vármegye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.

Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia's Koprivnica-Križevci and Virovitica-Podravina counties. It stretches between the river Dráva and the southern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties of Zala, Veszprém, Fejér, Tolna, and Baranya. Somogy is the most sparsely populated county in Hungary. The county capital is Kaposvár. Its area is 6,036 km.

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