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Karcag is a large town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.Karcag has its own railway station, but InterCity trains do not stop here.International relationsTwin towns — Sister citiesKarcag is twinned with: Cristuru Secuiesc (Székelykeresztúr), Romania; since 1990 Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland; since 2005 Longueau, France; since 2004 Merki, Kazakhstan; since 1998 Moldava nad Bodvou (Szepsi), Slovakia; since 1998 Schwarzheide, Germany; since 2004 Stara Moravica (Bácskossuthfalva), Serbia; since 1994Domestic partnership(s)Kunszentmiklós, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County; since 2009GeographyIt covers an area of 368.63km2 and has a population of 20,632 people (2011).Famous peopleColonel Michael de Kovats (1724–79), the father of the US cavalry, a Hungarian hussar was born in KarcagAvram Hershko (born 1937 as Herskó Ferenc), Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in ChemistryMihály Varga (born 1965), since 7 March 2013 Minister of National Economy of Hungary, Minister of Finance of Hungary 2001-2002 and one of four Fidesz VPs since 2005.