title: Mezőkovácsháza
text: # Mezőkovácsháza
  
  Mezőkovácsháza is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
  
  ## Geography
  
  It covers an area of 62.59 square kilometres (24.17 square miles) and has a population of 6945 people (2002).
  
  ## Notable residents
  
  * György Simonka (1974-), politician
  * József Balázs (1984-), footballer
  * Zoltán Farkas, musician
  
  ## Twin towns – sister cities
  
  Mezőkovácsháza is twinned with:
  
  * Moneasa, Romania
  * Praid, Romania
  * Semlac, Romania
  * Vinga, Romania
  