Hungary
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HUNGARY


Capital
Budapest

Currency
Hungarian Forint (HUF)

Area
93.030 square km

Location
Hungary lies in Central Europe in the Carpathian Basin. It is a typical inland country. Neighboring states are Slovenia, Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia and Croatia. Half of the territory of Hungary is situated on the plane. The rest of the country is covered by low mountains. From the perspective of government is Hungary  divided into 19 counties and Budapest.

Land boundaries
2,185 km

Elevation extremes
lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
highest point: Kekes 1,014 m

Language
Hungarian (Magyar)

Nationality
Hungarian

Religions
Roman Catholic about 52%, Calvinist about 16%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic about 2.5% and other

Time
UTC +1

National holiday
2010 

01 Jan New Year's Day
15 Mar Anniversary of 1848 uprising against Austrian rule
02 Apr Easter Monday
01 May Labour Day
24 May Whit Monday
20 Aug National Day - Feast of St Stephen
23 Oct Republic Day - Anniversary of 1956
01 Nov All Saints' Day
24 Dec Christmas Eve
25 Dec Christmas Day
26 Dec Boxing Day



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A Legend says that Attila the Hun has been buried under a rerouted section of the river Tisza.

Budapest
Budapest


Budapest Chain Bridge
Chain Bridge


Budapest
Budapest


Budapest
Budapest