Bács-Bodrog, a county in the south of Hungary, between the Danube and the Theiss. Area, 4260 sq. m.; population over 700,000. The land is low and marshy, and very unhealthy, but of great fertility. It produces the best wheat; and wine, tobacco, and cattle are also exported. The capital is Zombor (q.v.).—Bács is a village of 3000 inhabitants.
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