Explore Hungary in Europe - Hungary Tourism Info

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.

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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 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 country consists of 21 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Hungary

Hungarian Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Hungary Tourism

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Hungary has 2 more world heritage locations. To see all of them, visit the Hungary Unesco Heritage location overview.

Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue

This site has the remains of monuments such as the Roman city of Aquincum and the Gothic castle of Buda, which have had a considerable influence on the architecture of various periods. It is one of...

Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)

In the 4th century, a remarkable series of decorated tombs were constructed in the cemetery of the Roman provincial town of Sopianae (modern Pécs). These are important both structurally and...

Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape

The Fertö/Neusiedler Lake area has been the meeting place of different cultures for eight millennia. This is graphically demonstrated by its varied landscape, the result of an evolutionary...

Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta

The cultural landscape of the Hortobágy Puszta consists of a vast area of plains and wetlands in eastern Hungary. Traditional forms of land use, such as the grazing of domestic animals, have...

Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment

The first Benedictine monks settled here in 996. They went on to convert the Hungarians, to found the country's first school and, in 1055, to write the first document in Hungarian. From the time of...

Demographic Information

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.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Hungary is shrinking at an rate of 0.26% (or by 25,688 citizens). Each year 8,596 people enter this country (or 0.90 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of -0.35%. Or an total decrease of 34,284 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.