Újpalota
Encyclopedia
Újpalota is the second largest microdistrict
in Budapest
, Hungary
. It belongs to the District XV.
In 1968 a new residential area was created on the northeastern border of Budapest, in a field, near the Szilas-patak (Szilas Brook) that was named Újpalota (lit. "Newcastle"). The new housing estate was built from 1968 to 1977. This is one of the biggest housing estates of Budapest (15,454 apartments, more than 60,000 inhabitants in the 1980s, mostly young pairs with two children, it was the typical in Kádár's Hungary
). Today only 36.000 people live here (2001), because former children grew up and moved to another part of the metropolitan area
. The tall, prefabricated housing blocks
are typical of the socialist era
but the rich vegetation made the district more friendly in the past decades. The biggest Chinese shopping plaza in Hungary, the huge Asia Center was built on the bank of the Szilas Brook in 2003.
Microdistrict
Microdistrict, or microraion , is a residential complex—a primary structural element of the residential area construction in the Soviet Union and in some post-Soviet and former Communist states...
in 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...
, 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 belongs to the District XV.
In 1968 a new residential area was created on the northeastern border of Budapest, in a field, near the Szilas-patak (Szilas Brook) that was named Újpalota (lit. "Newcastle"). The new housing estate was built from 1968 to 1977. This is one of the biggest housing estates of Budapest (15,454 apartments, more than 60,000 inhabitants in the 1980s, mostly young pairs with two children, it was the typical in Kádár's Hungary
Goulash Communism
Goulash Communism or Kádárism refers to the variety of communism as practised in the Hungarian People's Republic from the 1960s until the collapse of Communism in Hungary in 1989...
). Today only 36.000 people live here (2001), because former children grew up and moved to another part of the metropolitan area
Budapest metropolitan area
The Budapest Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area in Central Hungary. It consists of Budapest capital and the surrounding suburbs. It has a population of 2.525 million...
. The tall, prefabricated housing blocks
Panelház
Panelház is the name of a type of block of flats in Hungary and Hungarian inhabited areas of the Pannonian Basin. Transylvanian Magyars call these buildings tömbház . It was the main housing type built in the Socialist era. From 1959 to 1990 788,000 panel flats were built in Hungary...
are typical of the socialist era
People's Republic of Hungary
The People's Republic of Hungary or Hungarian People's Republic was the official state name of Hungary from 1949 to 1989 during its Communist period under the guidance of the Soviet Union. The state remained in existence until 1989 when opposition forces consolidated in forcing the regime to...
but the rich vegetation made the district more friendly in the past decades. The biggest Chinese shopping plaza in Hungary, the huge Asia Center was built on the bank of the Szilas Brook in 2003.