16th district of Budapest

16th District of Budapest Budapest XVI. kerülete
District of Budapest
District XVI
Flag Coat of arms
Location of District XVI in Budapest (shown in grey)
Coordinates: 47°31′13″N 19°10′26″E / 47.52028°N 19.17389°E / 47.52028; 19.17389
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
City	Budapest
Established	1 January 1950
Quarters^[1]	List Árpádföld Cinkota Mátyásföld Rákosszentmihály Sashalom
Government
• Mayor	Péter Kovács (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area ^[2]
• Total	33.51 km² (12.94 sq mi)
• Rank	7th
Population (2016)^[2]
• Total	73,486
• Rank	13th
• Density	2,192/km² (5,680/sq mi)
Demonym	tizenhatodik kerületi ("16th districter")
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1161 ... 1165
Website	www.bp16.hu

16th District is the 16th district of Budapest, Hungary.

It consists of these parts: Árpádföld, Cinkota, Mátyásföld, Sashalom, Rákosszentmihály.

Sport

The oldest football and athletics team is Rákosszentmihályi AFC that competes in the Budapest Bajnokság I.

THSE Sashalom (or THSE Szabadkikötő) currently competes in the 2018-19 Nemzeti Bajnokság III.

Sightseeing

Erzsébetliget Theatre

Education

The College of International Management and Business Faculty of the Budapest Business School is located in the district.

Cinkota is also the home of the secondary school, Szerb Antal Gimnázium.

List of mayors

	Party	Date
Gábor Fekete	Fidesz	1990–1994
Attila Kovács	MDF	1994–1998
Lajos Mátyás Szabó	MSZP	1998–2006
Péter Kovács	Fidesz	2006–

Twin towns – Twin cities

References

↑ "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet - a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).
1 2 "A fővárosi kerületek, a megyei jogú városok, a városok területe, lakónépessége és a lakások száma" [The area of districts of the capital, of the towns with county's rights, resident population and number of dwellings]. Magyarország közigazgatási helynévkönyve 2016. január 1 [Gazetteer of Hungary 1 January 2016] (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2016. p. 21.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Budapest District XVI.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for East Pest.

Official website

Budapest

Landmarks

Bridges	Árpád Bridge Elisabeth Bridge Liberty Bridge Margaret Bridge Megyeri Bridge Petőfi Bridge Rákóczi Bridge Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Castles and palaces	Buda Castle Danube Palace Fisherman's Bastion Gresham Palace Hotel Astoria Hotel Gellért Labyrinth of Buda Castle Nagytétény Castle New York Palace Vajdahunyad Castle
Government	Carmelite Monastery of Buda Sándor Palace Hungarian Parliament Building House of Magnates Hungarian National Bank Budapest City Hall
Memorials	Holocaust Memorial Center Kossuth Memorial Liberty Statue Little Princess statue Matthias Fountain Shoes on Danube Bank
Museums and galleries	Aquincum Museum Museum of Ethnography Geological Museum Kunsthalle Hospital in the Rock House of Terror National Gallery National Museum Natural History Museum Semmelweis Museum of Medical History Railway History Park Koller Gallery Memento Park Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library Müpa Budapest Museum of Applied Arts Museum of Fine Arts National Széchényi Library Transportation Museum Southeast Asian Gold Museum
Parks and gardens	Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden City Park City Park Ice Rink Gellért Hill Haller Park Fiume Road National Graveyard Margaret Island Népliget Normafa Óbuda Island
Religious buildings	Dohány Street Synagogue Gellért Hill Cave Inner City Parish Church in Pest Lutheran Church of Budavár Mary Magdalene Church Matthias Church Our Lady of the Snows Parish Church Palace Chapel Rumbach Street Synagogue Saint Anne Parish St. Catherine of Alexandria Church Stigmatisation of Saint Francis Church Szilágyi Dezső Square Reformed Church St. Stephen's Basilica Tomb of Gül Baba University Church Church of St. George
Sports venues	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium Bozsik Stadion Budai II. László Stadion City Park Ice Rink Danube Arena Szusza Ferenc Stadion Ferencváros Stadion Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Hungaroring-Formula One Illovszky Rudolf Stadion Kincsem Park Kisstadion MVM Dome National Athletics Centre Puskás Aréna Szőnyi úti Stadion László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Squares and streets	Andrássy Avenue Citadella Danube Promenade Deák Ferenc Square Ferenciek Square Grand Boulevard Heroes' Square Hungary Boulevard Kossuth Square Liberty Square Oktogon Small Boulevard Széll Kálmán Square Váci Street Vörösmarty Square Móricz Zsigmond Square
Theaters and opera	Comedy Theatre Court Theatre of Buda Erkel Theatre Erzsébetliget Theatre Hungarian State Opera House Magyar Theatre National Theatre Vigadó of Pest
Thermal spas	Gellért Baths Király Baths Lukács Baths Rudas Baths Rácz Thermal Bath Széchenyi Medicinal Bath
Other	Anker Palace Café Gerbeaud Elizabeth Lookout Great Market Hall Gundel Restaurant Hungarian Academy of Sciences Millennium Underground Railway F-4 Object

Districts

Events and
traditions

Universities

Economy

Transport

History of Budapest
Category

Districts of Budapest
I. Várkerület II. 2nd district III. Óbuda-Békásmegyer IV. Újpest V. Belváros-Lipótváros VI. Terézváros VII. Erzsébetváros VIII. Józsefváros IX. Ferencváros X. Kőbánya XI. Újbuda XII. Hegyvidék XIII. 13th district XIV. Zugló XV. 15th district XVI. 16th district XVII. Rákosmente XVIII. Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre XIX. Kispest XX. Pesterzsébet XXI. Csepel XXII. Budafok-Tétény XXIII. Soroksár

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