Csepel Island is the largest island of the River Danube

Danube

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 in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. It is 48 km

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 long; its width is 6–8 km. Its area comprises 257 km²

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. The word Csepel is pronounced CHE-pel.

Csepel Island extends south from Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

; its northern point is Csepel

Csepel

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, which is Budapest's District XXI. Most of the island is accessible from Budapest by the suburban railway

HÉV

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.

Notable towns include Ráckeve

Ráckeve

Ráckeve Ráckeve Ráckeve (Ráckeve (Ráckeve ([[Serbian language|Serbian: Српски Ковин) is a town on [[Csepel Island]] in [[Hungary]]. It is situated in [[]].-History:...

, Szigetszentmiklós

Szigetszentmiklós

Szigetszentmiklósis a city in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 26,662 inhabitants.- Name :* Sziget – island: Szigetszentmiklós is a town in the Csepel Island* Szent Miklós – Saint Nicholas, who is the patron saint of Szigetszentmiklós...

, Szigethalom

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 and Tököl

Tököl

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Csepel island was the first centre of conquering Hungarians, being the lodgement of Árpád

Árpád

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's tribe. The island is named after Árpád's horse groom

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, Csepel.