Szeged serves as the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád county in Hungary, functioning as the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain. Situated near the southern border of the country, it lies on both banks of the Tisza River just south of the Maros River mouth, placing it nearly in the centre of the Carpathian Basin. As the third largest city in Hungary, it acts as a primary commercial and cultural hub for the region, positioned close to the frontier with Serbia.