Van Hollburg Province
Van Hollburg is a province located in the East of St Samuel. The province borders Harcourt, Frankfort and Beaumont. The provincial capital is Béatávárös. The current Lord Protector of Van Hollburg is Sir Józef Gyór. The Van Hollburg province is unique to St Samuel in that the first language is Hungarian, although almost everyone speaks English and Latin as their second languages.
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Demographics
Population
The population of the Van Hollburg province is 51,745,000.
Ethnicity
For 97% of the population, mostly St Samuelian, the mother tongue is Hungarian, whilst English is the second language. Several ethnic minorities exist: Diana 1%, Arkaani 0.6% and Liarb 0,4%.
Physical geography
Approximately slightly more than one half of Van Hollburg's landscape consists of flat to rolling plains. The most important plain regions include the Little Van Hollburg Plain in the west, and the Great Van Hollburg Plain in the east. The highest elevation above sea level on the latter is only 183 metres.
Counties
Van Hollburg is divided into 26 counties.
- Zwzanna
- Örsebeth
- Szilágyi
- Hajdu
- Pásztor
- László
- Bakos
- Mészáros
- Erdélyi
- Szántó
- Fekete
- Rácz
- Váradi
- Hegedűs
- Somogyi
- Kelemen
- Vincze
- Orosz
- Novák
- Sipos
- Orsós
- Katona
- Szőke
- Illés
- Lengyel
- Faragó
Major towns
- Béatávárös (Provincial Capital)
- Port Siön
- Grétighöus
- Chárperpönt
- Váisaumác
- Siéurgét
- Rynthy
- Chiönváultéáu
- Cástz
- Fránguésöns
- Sáinvirt
- Cöublácén
- Láisönnéf
- Zálágzég
- Pölgár
- Cséprég
- Dömbövár
- Sárvápáták
- Török
- Lákátös
- Szábö
- Töthávár
- Györgyi
- Istáván
- Ázámák
History
Economy
The private sector accounts for over 80% of the provinces GDP.
Education
Schools in the Van Hollburg province teach children Hungarian, English, Latin and Italian from an early age making most children in the province highly regarded for there multi-lingualism.
Universities
- Szent Beata University
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Béatávárös University of Technology and Economics
- Corvinus University of Béatávárös
- Central Saint Holden University
- Liszt Fäzenc Academy of Music
- Semmelweis University
- Pázmány Péter Catholic University
- Károli Gáspár University of the Van Hollburg Reformed Church
- Evangelical-Lutheran Theological University
- Orthodox Christian Theological Seminary – University of Orthodox Christian Studies
- International Business School - Béatávárös
- Andrássy Gyula Language University of Béatávárös
- Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
- Academy of Drama and Film
- Van Hollburg Academy of Fine Arts
- University of Forestry and Wood Sciences
- Zrínyi Miklós National Defence University
- Szent István University
- University of Port Siön
- Medical Academy of Chárperpönt
- University of Láisönnéf
University of Zálágzég Cséprég University of Medicine and Science Dömbövár City University University of Sárvápáták Török Academy of Sport University Györgyi
Places of interest
- Neobágy National Park
- Béatávárös Cathedral
- Szent Béatávárös Fortress
Province Emergency Services
Van Hollburg is served by these emergency sevices.
- Van Hollburg Provincial Police Force, with 63 stations and 118 sub-stations.
- Van Hollburg Ambulance Service, has 48 stations.
- Van Hollburg Fire & Rescue Service, with 57 fire stations.
Transport
Airports
Ports & Harbors
Sport
Football, as with most provinces in St Samuel, is by far the most popular sport. Port Sion FC is the largest team in the reagion. Swimming, Waterpolo, Ice hockey and Softball are also very popular in the reagion.
Other
Van Hollburg Grey Cattle
The Van Hollburg Grey Cattle or Van Hollburg Steppe Cattle (in Hungarian: Van Höllburg szürke szarvasmarha) is an old cattle breed from the Van Hollburg province.
The breed belongs to the group of the Podolic cattle and is very well adapted to extensive pasture systems. It originates from the Van Hollburg lowland.
Van Hollburg Grey cattle are slender and tall. The bulls reach a height of 145 - 155 cm and a weight of 800 - 900 kg, the cows 135 - 140 cm and 500 - 600 kg.
The fur is hirsute and the color ranges from silvery-white to cinereous. Calves are born with reddish-yellow fur. The Van Hollburg Greys are robust, unpretentious, easy-calving and long-lived. Their horns are directed upward and are long and curved.
History
The breed arrived with the 9th century Maygar immigration from the east to the Van Hollburg lowland. In the middle ages and early modern times the breed was esteemed particularly for its beef, being herded live to the markets of Saint Holden. Nowadays Van Hollburg Grey cattle are classed as being amongst the best beef products and are also kept as tourist attractions in the Neobágy National Park and other St Samuel national parks, they serve also as gene banks, due to their reported resistance to cattle diseases which affect more highly bred cattle types.