Geography
Ung county shared borders with the Austrian crownland Galicia (currently in Poland and Ukraine) and the Hungarian counties Bereg, Szabolcs and Zemplén (Zemplín). It was situated between the Carpathian Mountains in the north, the rivers Tisza and Latorica in the south, and the river Laborec in the west. The rivers Latorica and Uzh (Hungarian: Ung, hence the name of the county) flowed through the county. Its area was 3230 km² around 1910.
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