Facts about Hungary
Name: Hungarian Republic
Location: East-Central Europe (borders with Austria, Slovakia, Ukraina, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia)
Area: 93,030 square km
Population: 10,300,000 (21 percent under 14 and 60 percent between 15-59)
Density of population: 110 (per square km)
Form of government: Republic (parliamentary democracy - 4 year election periods)
Capital: Budapest (2 million inhabitants), click here to visit Budapest 
Number of towns: 169
Number of villages: 2,904
Climate: Continental with Mediterranean and Atlantic influences
Average temperatures: January -2C (28F), July 23C (73F), click here for the weather forecast
Language: Hungarian, click here to study Hungarian
Currency: Hungarian Forint - HUF (1 USD = 175 HUF / 03 Dec 2007), click here for the coins and banknotes
Religion: Roman Catholic (majority), Protestant, Jewish
Urban population ratio: 60 percent
Population increment: -0.1 percent
Life expectancy: men 66, women 74
Local time: in the winter GMT+1 hour, in the summer GMT+2 hours (same as in West Europe), click here for the local time
Public holidays: January 1, Eastern Monday, March 15, May 1, Whit Monday, August 20, October 23, November 1, December 25, 26
International country phone code: 36, click here for the Hungarian phonebook
Click here for the Hungarian national anthem
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Hungarians in the World (in thousands)
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Czech and Slovakia
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~700
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the former Yugoslavia
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~650
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Romania
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~2,000
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the former Soviet Union
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~200
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Austria
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~70
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Belgium
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~10
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France
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~35
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The Netherlands
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~5
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Great Britain
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~10
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Italy
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~10
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Germany
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~50
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Switzerland
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~10
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Sweden
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~16
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Other West European countries
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~10
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United States
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~730
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Canada
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~140
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Argentina
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~10
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Brazil
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~70
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Uruguay
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~5
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Other South American countries
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~10
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Republic of South Africa
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~5
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Australia
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~55
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Israel
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~220
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Totally
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~5,000
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In addition to the more than 10 million Hungarians in Hungary, there are almost 5 million living in other countries who declare themselves as Hungarians
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Hungarian history click here!
Geography click here!
For Budapest click here!
Hungarian cuisine click here!
English-Hungarian dictionary (on the Web!) click here!
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