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Mezőkovácsháza is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.The mother of General Benny Gantz, the current Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, was born in the Jewish community of Mezőkovácsháza. During the Holocaust she was deported to a Nazi extermination camp, survived and after the war went to the then Mandatory Palestine.GeographyIt covers an area of 62.59km² and has a population of 6945 people (2002).Notable residents György Simonka (1974-), politician József Balázs (1984-), footballerTwin towns – sister citiesMezőkovácsháza is twinned with: Semlac, Romania Praid, Romania Vinga, Romania Moneasa, Romania