After his father's death when Jókai was 12, his family had meant him to follow the law, his father's profession, and accordingly the youth, always singularly assiduous, plodded conscientiously through the usual curriculum at Kecskemét and Pest ( part of what is now Budapest ), and as a full-blown advocate actually succeeded in winning his first case.

In addition to the protection of its setting, the town of Kecskemét had arranged to pay tax directly to the pasha in Buda, thus gaining his protection and enjoying a special situation.

As Kecskemét was situated at an important trading route, it grew as a customhouse and a market-place ; in 1368 it was identified in one of King Louis I of Hungary's charters as an oppidium ( town ).

The main road number 4 passes Cegléd towards Budapest to the Northwest, and Debrecen to the East, while the road number 441 connects the town with Kecskemét.

Hungary is a favoured destination of foreign investors of automotive industry resulting in the presence of General Motors ( Szentgotthárd ), Magyar Suzuki ( Esztergom ), Mercedes-Benz ( Kecskemét ), and Audi factory ( Győr ) in Central Europe.

Daimler-Benz invests € 800 million ($ 1. 2 billion ) and creates up to 2, 500 jobs at a new assembly plant in Kecskemét, Hungary with capacity for producing 100, 000 Mercedes-Benz compact cars a year.

There are a number of inscriptions ranging from the 17th to the early 19th centuries, including examples from Kibéd, Csejd, Makfalva, Szokolma, Marosvásárhely, Csíkrákos, Mezőkeresztes, Nagybánya, Torda, Felsőszemeréd, Kecskemét and Kiskunhalas.

Further international tournament victories were scored at East Berlin 1962, Sarajevo 1967, Hastings 1967-68, Kecskemét 1968, Tallinn 1969, Pärnu 1971, and Las Palmas 1973.

Abroad, his best results included first equal with Savielly Tartakower at Kecskemét ( B Final, 1927 ) and fifth at San Remo ( the strongest tournament of 1930 ), when he finished ahead of Spielmann, Vidmar and Tartakower.

This time Kecskemét and Szolnok both outran Fradi in the NB II ( Eastern Group ) title race.

The trains operate along the lines Sárbogárd – Szekszárd – Baja and Kecskemét – Baja – Dombóvár.

The county seat and largest city of Bács-Kiskun is Kecskemét.

Kecskemét () is a city in the central part of Hungary.

Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's third-largest city, Szeged, 86 kilometres from both of them and almost equal distance from the two big rivers of the country, the Danube and the Tisza.

Kecskemét was established at the meeting point of a large sandy region and a sandy yellow soil ; its altitude is 120 meters above sea level.

Kecskemét is in the center of Kiskunság, one of Hungary's famous regions.

The characteristic weather in the Kecskemét region of Kiskunság is continental warm, dry, sometimes extreme.

The amount of sunlight makes it possible for the region to produce agricultural products such as wheat, apricots, red peppers, and tomatoes The warmest month in Kecskemét is July, with an average temperature of 20. 9 degrees Celsius ; the coldest is January, with − 1. 9 ° C.

During the Turkish invasion, settlers from neighbouring villages sought shelter in Kecskemét, which was protected by defensive palisades.

In the 19th century, Kecskemét was already part of an important wine district, but the city increased in importance after the vine-pest destroyed most vineyards in the hilly regions.

These were the basis of the 20th-century vineyards and wine industry of the 20th century in Kecskemét.

Due to reorganization in local government, Kecskemét lost its big territory ; several new independent villages were formed in the area.

In 1950 for the first time, Kecskemét took on a significant political administration role, as it was made seat of the country's largest county, Bács-Kiskun.

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In the works of the Greek-educated Latin poets, the nymphs gradually absorbed into their ranks the indigenous Italian divinities of springs and streams ( Juturna, Egeria, Carmentis, Fontus ), while the Lymphae ( originally Lumpae ), Italian water-goddesses, owing to the accidental similarity of their names, could be identified with the Greek Nymphae.

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The parish was gradually absorbed into the Borough of Cardiff during the 19th and 20th centuries.

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As transportation facilities continued to improve, all the county's small school districts were gradually absorbed into the 5 school districts that exist today: Wells, Alto, Rusk, Jacksonville, and New Summerfield.

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The association lost its influence by degrees and was gradually absorbed into the new political organizations that sprang up in Italy ; its members became affiliated especially with Mazzini's " Young Italy ".

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The qualified congregations were gradually absorbed in the early 19th century.

The Three Kingdoms were founded after the fall of Gojoseon, and gradually conquered and absorbed various other small states and confederacies.

While Pyu settlements remained in Upper Burma until the advent of the Pagan Empire in mid 11th century, the Pyu gradually were absorbed into the expanding Burman kingdom of Pagan in the next four centuries.

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The Reds ( Rousioi ) and the Whites ( Leukoi ) gradually weakened and were absorbed by the other two major factions ( the Blues and Greens ).

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