It was created by the merger of the pre-World War II Bács-Bodrog and the southern parts of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun counties.

With an area of 8,445 km2, Bács-Kiskun is the largest county in the country, slightly larger than Cyprus.

The difference between its highest and lowest elevations is only 80 m. In German, it is known as Komitat Bács-Kiskun, in Croatian and Serbian as Bačko-kiškunska županija and in Slovak as Báčsko-malokumánska župa.

The arched upper edge of the shield has a three-barrel, oval-shaped, closed-door, golden wall clock.

[3] The flag is vertically divided into two equal sections (blue and white), with the coat of arms on it.

Although the population is decreasing, the birth rate in the county is positive, unlike in any other regions in Hungary.

In the course of privatisation the Kecskemét cannery was purchased by Heinz, the Kiskunhalas textile mill partially by Levi's.

producing deep-frozen products, the Bread factory of Bácska Sütoipari Rt., the abattoir of DÉLHÚS and the Pannonia Brewery.

Fruit, vegetable, corn and wheat production are the most successful branches of the region's agriculture.

On account of its central location, a great deal of the nation's traffic necessarily crosses the county.

Despite the fact that a great deal of labour has gone into improving the quality of the roads in the last decade, there has been a deterioration in their condition on account of their intensive use.

Fifty-six kilometres of motorways crossed the county in 2002, making the road link with Serbia and the Balkans.

The length of railways was of 641 kilometres in 2001 (32% electrified) and the most important lines in the county are between Budapest and Szeged and the route of the international express trains crossing Hungary in northwestern-southeastern direction leading to Belgrade.

In addition to the main and secondary lines, there are a number of narrow gauge tracks for 'nostalgia trains' which operate as tourist attractions.

Its rail and public road junction is especially important due to the presence of the Danube bridge which provides a link between the Southern Great Plain and the Transdanubian region.

The only airport in the county, in Kecskemét, is a military one, chiefly used for the delivery of goods and occasionally for receiving civil aircraft.