• Capital: Budapest
  • Area: Total - 93,030 km2 (35,919 sq mi)
  • Population: 9,942,000
  • Geographic location:Landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
  • Regions: Balaton, Northern Hungary, Transdanubia, Puszta & Lake Tisza, Budapest and surroundings
  • Climate:

Continental, with the average temperature (listed in Fahrenheit / Celsius):
January: 29F / -1,6 °C
February: 39F / 1,1 °C
March: 41F / 5,6 °C
April: 51,8F / 11 °C
May: 60F / 15,9 °C
June: 66,2F / 19 °C
July: 69,8F / 20,8 °C
August: 68F / 20,2 °C
September: 61,5F / 16,4 °C
October: 51,8F / 11 °C
November: 40,646F / 4,8 °C
December: 32,72F / 0,4 °C

·Longest river: Danube Tributaries entering in Hungary: Rába, Ipoly, Sió

  • Danube length through the country: 417 km
  • International dialing code: +36
  • Currency: Hungarian Forint (HUF), internal sign: Ft
    Coins: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 HUF
    Bank notes: 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 HUF
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  • National Internet domain: .hu
  • Official language(s): Hungarian (Magyar)
  • The most used foreign languages: English, German
  • Official script: Hungarian alphabet

·Public Holidays

1 January - New Year's Day
15 March - National Holiday
in April - Easter Sunday & Monday
1 May - Workers' Day / Day of Labour
in May - Pentecost (Whitsun)
20 August - St. Stephen's Day
23 October - Anniversary of the 1956 Revolution
1 November - All Saint's Day
25-26 December - Christmas

·Time zone: Central European Time (GMT+1)
Daylight savings: between end of March and end of October CET+1 (GMT+2)

  • Electricity: 230V 50Hz
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