Dunaújváros

Hungary

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Dunajvros (pronounced [dunujvaro]; also known by alternative names) is an industrial city in Fejr County, Central Hungary. It is a city with county rights. Situated 70 kilometres (43 miles) south of Budapest on the Danube, the city is best known for its steelworks, which is the largest in the country. It was built in the 1950s on the site of the former village of Dunapentele and was originally named Sztlinvros, before acquiring its current name in 1961.== Geography ==Dunajvros is located in the Transdanubian part of the Great Hungarian Plain (called Mezfld), 70 kilometres (43 miles) south of Budapest on the Danube, Highway 6, Motorways M6, M8 and the electrified Budapest-Pusztaszabolcs-Dunajvros-Paks railway.== Etymology and names ==The city replaced the village of Dunapentele ("Pantaleon up on the Danube"), named after Saint Pantaleon. The construction of this new industrial city started in 1949 and the original village was renamed Sztlinvros ("Stalin City") in 1951. After the Hungarian revolution of 1956 the new government renamed the city the neutral Dunajvros in 1961, which means "Danube New City" (New City on the Danube).The city is also known by alternative names in other languages: German: Neustadt an der Donau; Latin: Intercisa; and Serbian: , romanized: Pantelija.== History ==Dunajvros is one of the newest cities in the country.

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