BEKES, a town of Hungary, capital of a county of the same name, situated at the confluence of the White and Black Körös, 14 miles N.N.W. of Gyula. The inhabitants, principally Calvinists, amount to about 17,000, and are chiefly engaged in agriculture and the rearing of cattle. Long. 20. 41. 37. E. Lat. 46. 46. 16. N.