Hungary Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Hungary with its capital Budapest is located in Europe (Central Europe, northwest of Romania). It covers some 93,031 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Indiana) with 9,930,000 citizens. Hungarian is the language spoken by the majority in Hungary. Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Ukraine, , Croatia, Austria and Serbia are bordering countries.

Hungary is a country in Central Europe. Hungary is one of the 15 most popular tourist destinations in the world, with a capital regarded as one of the most beautiful in the world. Despite its relatively small size, the country is home to numerous World Heritage Sites, UNESCO Biosphere reserves, the second largest thermal lake in the world (Lake Hévíz), the largest lake in Central Europe (Lake Balaton), and the largest natural grassland in Europe (Hortobágy).

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About Hungary

The terrain offers mostly flat to rolling plains having hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border. The average density of population is about 106 per km². The climate in Hungary can be described as temperate with cold, cloudy, humid winters, warm summers.

To reach someone in Hungary dial +36 prior to a number. There are 3,069,000 installed telephones. And there are 11,793,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 850, 1900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".hu". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 21 regions/states in Hungary we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Hungarian population shrinked at a rate of -0.26% (or by 25,688 citizens). With 127,453 deaths and 93,169 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at -0.35%. 8,596 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Hungary: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.