Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Bekes county geography stubs, People from Bekes County, Populated places in Bekes county, Gyula, Hungary, Kalman Tisza, Bekescsaba, Cri ul Alb River, Ujkigyos, Andras Balczo, Szarvas, Gyula Andrassy High School, Csorvas, Oroshaza, Korosnagyharsany, Mez bereny, Elek, Gyomaendr d, Ketegyhaza, Pusztaottlaka, History of the Jews in Bekes, Totkomlos, Nagybanhegyes, Sarkad, Hungary, Mehkerek, Mez hegyes, Szeghalom, Mez kovacshaza, Kondoros, L koshaza, Battonya, Medgyesegyhaza, Soma Orlai Petrich, Szabadkigyos, Fuzesgyarmat, Dombegyhaz, Ormenykut, Kisdombegyhaz, Korosladany, Geszt, Bekesszentandras, Magyardombegyhaz, Belmegyer, Biharugra, Magyarbanhegyes, Sarkadkeresztur, Almaskamaras, Csardaszallas, Doboz, Pusztafoldvar, Csanadapaca, Veszt, Bekessamson, Nagykamaras, Kerteszsziget, Korosujfalu, Telekgerendas, Csabaszabadi, Korostarcsa, Nagyszenas, Vegegyhaza, Tarhos, Ketsoprony, Devavanya, Ujszalonta, Kotegyan, Gadoros, Kardoskut, Mez gyan, Medgyesbodzas, Kunagota, Ecsegfalva, Dombiratos, Zsadany, Csabacs d, Kaszaper, Kevermes, Okany, Murony, Bucsa, Hungary, Hunya, Kamut, Hungary. Excerpt: Gyula (Hungarian pronunciation: , Romanian: ) is a city in Bekes county in south-eastern Hungary. It lies close to the border with Romania, on the river Feher-Koros. The first recorded reference to Gyula was in a document dated 1313 which mentions a monastery called Gyulamonostor (Julamonustra in Latin). By 1332 the settlement around the monastery was being called Gyula / Jula. There are two versions for the origin of the name. One is that following the occupation of the Pannonian Plain by the Magyar tribes, the tribe of the gyula settled in the area. More likely is the version that a lord called Gyula or Jula founded the monastery and its settlement. During Ottoman rule, the town was a sandjak center as Gole or Kule in Tam var eyalet....