Joseph Pulitzer and Joseph Galamb the father of the FORD

Makó is located in the Southern-Eastern corner of Hungary in Csongrad County, close to the Romanian border on the right side of the River Maros.

Makó is not only an administrative centre but also has been playing a leading role in the economy of the region. The most significant road of the area is Road no. 43, which connects Hungary with Romania. The town’s railway has been running to Szeged and to Arad since 1883 and to Hódmezővásárhely and Nagyszentmiklós (Romania) since 1903. We have a direct railway connection to Budapest as well. Traffic leading to Szeged is served by a rail and a road bridge through the River Maros.

Famous people born in Makó are Joseph Pulitzer, the journalist and publisher and Joseph Galamb the designer of Ford T models. One of the most famous Hungarian poets József Attila studied in Makó for a couple of years.

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