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had been suppressed, Abaúj and Torna were merged again, but were separated in 1859. They were finally merged in 1882. Before the merging Abaúj had an area of 2872,71 km² and a population of 166,666; Torna had an area of 618,04 km² and a population of 23,176.
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Between 1899 and 1913 many of people left the
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In 1919(?) Abaúj-Torna had 364 villages, of which only 5 had a population larger than 2000. Of the 63 counties of the
Kingdom, it was the 45th largest by area, 37th largest by population and 35th by population density (65/km² in 1910).
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