Republic of HungaryFacts and figures |
Area: 93,030 km2
Capital: Budapest
State form: republic
Administrative division: 19 counties and the municipality
Population: 10,152,000
Pop. density: 109,2 inhabitants/km2
Official language: Hungarian
Official currency: forint (Ft or HUF)
Primary national and ethnic groups: Hungarians, Croatians, Germans, Roma, Romanians, Serbs, Slovaks, Slovenes
Main rivers: Danube (section in Hungary: 417 km), Tisza (section in Hungary: 596 km), Lajta, Rábca, Rába, Zala, Dráva, Ipoly, Zagyva, Sajó, Hernád, Bodrog, Szamos, Hármas-Körös, Maros
Largest lakes: Balaton (596 km2), Velence (26 km2), Fertő (southern section, 75 km2)
Geographical regions: Great Plain (Alföld), Little Plain (Kisalföld), West Hungary periphery or the foothills of the Alps, Transdanubian Uplands, Transdanubian Range, Northern Range
Primary faiths: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism (Calvinist and Lutheran), Greek Catholic, Jewish, Orthodox
Main urban centres: Budapest (pop: 1,775,203), Debrecen (211,038), Miskolc (184,129), Szeged (168,276), Pécs (162,502), Győr (129,415) Public holidays
1 January (New Year's Day)
15 March (outbreak of the 1848/49 revolution and War of Independence, national day)
1 May (May Day)
20 August (festival of founder of the state King St. Stephen, national and state holiday)
23 October (anniversary of the outbreak of the 1956 Revolution, national day)
25-26 December (Christmas)
Easter Monday
Whit Monday
1 November (All Saints' Day)
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