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Hungary Travel and Destination Guide
BACKGROUND INFO
Full Name
Republic of Hungary
Capital City
Budapest
Area
92,966 sq km
Population
10,083,000
Time Zone
GMT/UTC +1
Daylight Saving Start
last Sunday in March
Daylight Saving End
last Sunday in October
Weights Measures System
Metric
Geography
Hungary is a kidney-shaped country lying in the centre of Europe; it shares borders with seven neighbours: Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. There are three basic topographies: the low-lying regions of the Great Plain in the east, centre and southeast, and the Little Plain in the northwest; the northern mountain ranges, which include Hungary's highest peak (the 1015m/3330ft-high Kékestető); and the hilly regions of Transdanubia in the west and south-west. The biggest rivers are the Danube and the Tisza, which divide the country into thirds, and the Dráva, which forms the southwestern border with Croatia. The country has over 1000 lakes - the largest, Balaton, is strewn with thermal springs.
Languages
• Hungarian (official)
Hungarian (Magyar) is a member of the Ugric group of the Uralic family of languages.
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People
92% Magyar, 4% Roma, 2.6% German, 0.8% Slovak, 0.7% Romanian, other
Religion
68% Roman Catholic, 21% Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant, 6% Evangelical (Lutheran), 5% other
Government Type
Parliamentary Democracy
Government Leaders
László Sólyom
President (head of state)
Ferenc Gyurcsany
Prime Minister (head of government)
Country Dialing Code
36
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