About Hungary
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Official language: Hungarian
Capital: Budapest
State form: republic
Administration structure: 19 counties and the capital city
Capital: Budapest
State form: republic
Administration structure: 19 counties and the capital city
Population (1 February 2001) : 10,197,119 persons
Density of population (31 January 2001) : 109.6 residents/square kilometre
Main national and ethnic groups: Hungarian, Croatian, German, Roma, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovene.
Urban population: 64.6 per cent
Employment (2000): agriculture 6.5 %, industry 33.7 %, other 59.7 %
Main religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant (Calvinist and Lutheran), Greek Catholic, Jewish and Orthodox
Largest cities: (31 January 2001) Budapest (1,775,203 residents), Debrecen (211,038 residents), Miskolc 184,129 residents), Szeged (168,276 residents), Pécs (162,502 residents) and Győr (129,415 residents)
Transport network (31 December 1999): railways 7,768 km (2,530 km electrified), roads 30,267 km
Per capita GDP (gross domestic product, 2000): USD 4,528*, EUR 4,940 (*calculated at the official medium exchange rate of the National Bank of Hungary)
Official currency: Forint
Density of population (31 January 2001) : 109.6 residents/square kilometre
Main national and ethnic groups: Hungarian, Croatian, German, Roma, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovene.
Urban population: 64.6 per cent
Employment (2000): agriculture 6.5 %, industry 33.7 %, other 59.7 %
Main religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant (Calvinist and Lutheran), Greek Catholic, Jewish and Orthodox
Largest cities: (31 January 2001) Budapest (1,775,203 residents), Debrecen (211,038 residents), Miskolc 184,129 residents), Szeged (168,276 residents), Pécs (162,502 residents) and Győr (129,415 residents)
Transport network (31 December 1999): railways 7,768 km (2,530 km electrified), roads 30,267 km
Per capita GDP (gross domestic product, 2000): USD 4,528*, EUR 4,940 (*calculated at the official medium exchange rate of the National Bank of Hungary)
Official currency: Forint
Area:93,030 square kilometres
Total length of the state borders: 2,216.8 km
Total length of the state borders: 2,216.8 km
Highest peak: Kékes (1014 m)
Lowest point: Gyálarét (78 m)
Main rivers: Duna (Danube) (length in Hungary: 417 km), Tisza (length in Hungary: 596 km), Lajta, Rábca, Rába, Zala, Dráva, Ipoly, Zagyva, Sajó, Hernád, Bodrog, Szamos, Hármas-Körös and Maros
Largest lakes: Balaton (596 square kilometres), Velencei-tó (26 square kilometres), Fertő tó (southern part, 75 square kilometres)
Geographic regions: Alföld (Great Plain), Kisalföld (Small Plain), Nyugat-Magyarországi peremvidék or Alpokalja (Western Hungary or Lower Alps), Dunántúli-dombság (Transdanubia hills), Dunántúli-középhegység (Transdanubia mountain range) and Északi-középhegység (Northern mountain range).
Official holidays
-1 January (New Year's Day),
- 15 March (start of the 1848/49 revolution and war of independence, national holiday)
- 1 May (Labour Day),
- 20 August (foundation of state, celebration of King Saint Stephen, national and state holiday),
- 23 October (start of the 1956 revolution and war of independence, date of the declaration of the Republic of Hungary in 1989, national holiday),
- 25-26 December (Christmas),
- Easter (15-16 April 2001, 31 March-1 April 2002),
- Whitsun (3-4 June 2001, 19-20 May 2002),
- 1 November (All Saints' Day).
Lowest point: Gyálarét (78 m)
Main rivers: Duna (Danube) (length in Hungary: 417 km), Tisza (length in Hungary: 596 km), Lajta, Rábca, Rába, Zala, Dráva, Ipoly, Zagyva, Sajó, Hernád, Bodrog, Szamos, Hármas-Körös and Maros
Largest lakes: Balaton (596 square kilometres), Velencei-tó (26 square kilometres), Fertő tó (southern part, 75 square kilometres)
Geographic regions: Alföld (Great Plain), Kisalföld (Small Plain), Nyugat-Magyarországi peremvidék or Alpokalja (Western Hungary or Lower Alps), Dunántúli-dombság (Transdanubia hills), Dunántúli-középhegység (Transdanubia mountain range) and Északi-középhegység (Northern mountain range).
Official holidays
-1 January (New Year's Day),
- 15 March (start of the 1848/49 revolution and war of independence, national holiday)
- 1 May (Labour Day),
- 20 August (foundation of state, celebration of King Saint Stephen, national and state holiday),
- 23 October (start of the 1956 revolution and war of independence, date of the declaration of the Republic of Hungary in 1989, national holiday),
- 25-26 December (Christmas),
- Easter (15-16 April 2001, 31 March-1 April 2002),
- Whitsun (3-4 June 2001, 19-20 May 2002),
- 1 November (All Saints' Day).
Useful phone numbers, web pages to the ambulance, police, pharmacies
CURRENCY EXCHANGE, POST OFFICES
All visitors are advised to exchange currency only at accredited places. It is both risky and illegal to attempt to do so in the street. The majority of banks have 24-hour ATM’s some of which can also exchange foreign currency.
5 th century
The Hungarian tribes left the area of the Urals and passed along the Volga and the Caspian Sea . After several hundred years of wandering, they reached the Carpathian Basin .
GETTING HERE
By air
Budapest (Ferihegy) International Airport is ten miles south-east of the city centre. It has two terminals: Terminal One is reopened for low-cost airlines in September 2005; Terminal Two is divided into two, with Terminal 2A the departure and arrival point for flights of Malév Hungarian Airlines and Terminal 2B hosting all international carriers’ flights, including some of the budget airlines.
CURRENCY EXCHANGE, POST OFFICES
All visitors are advised to exchange currency only at accredited places. It is both risky and illegal to attempt to do so in the street. The majority of banks have 24-hour ATM’s some of which can also exchange foreign currency.
5 th century
The Hungarian tribes left the area of the Urals and passed along the Volga and the Caspian Sea . After several hundred years of wandering, they reached the Carpathian Basin .
GETTING HERE
By air
Budapest (Ferihegy) International Airport is ten miles south-east of the city centre. It has two terminals: Terminal One is reopened for low-cost airlines in September 2005; Terminal Two is divided into two, with Terminal 2A the departure and arrival point for flights of Malév Hungarian Airlines and Terminal 2B hosting all international carriers’ flights, including some of the budget airlines.
