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megye (county), northern Hungary. From the Tisza River in the southeast, the county extends northward into the Mtra and Bkk mountains (qq.v.), which are popular year-round resort areas with facilities for winter sports and hunting. Sanatoriums are also located there. In the scattered highland villages, peasant costumes and customs are still seen. Lentils, tobacco, and melons are major crops. Viticulture and fruit growing are characteristic of the Mtra foothills, where horse breeding is also significant. Main cities are Eger (q.v.), the megye seat, in the Eger River valley, and Gyngys, which lies in the Visonta opencut lignite mining field. At Kiskre a dam was constructed on the Tisza River in 1975. Area 1,404 square miles (3,637 square km). Pop. (1994 est.) 328,000.