Munkacs

Munkacs, a market-town of Hungary, situated at the foot of the Carpathians, 101 miles by rail NE. of Debreczin, has mines of iron and rock-crystals, called Hungarian diamonds. The citadel, built on an isolated height, resisted the imperial arms for three years (1685-88); and, having fallen in 1848 into the hands of the Hungarians, was captured by the Russians in the following year. It is now a state-prison. Pop. 9691.