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HUNGARY
Map of HUNGARY
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Location:
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Central Europe, northwest of Romania |
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Geographic coordinates:
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47 00 N, 20 00 E |
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Area:
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total: 93,030 sq km
land: 92,340 sq km
water: 690 sq km |
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Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than Indiana |
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Land boundaries:
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total: 2,171 km
border countries: Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Serbia 151 km, Slovakia 677 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km |
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Coastline:
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0 km (landlocked) |
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Maritime claims:
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none (landlocked) |
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Climate:
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temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers |
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Terrain:
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mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border |
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Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
highest point: Kekes 1,014 m |
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Natural resources:
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bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land |
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Land use:
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arable land: 49.58%
permanent crops: 2.06%
other: 48.36% (2005) |
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Irrigated land:
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2,300 sq km (2003) |
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Total renewable water resources:
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120 cu km (2005) |
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Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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total: 21.03 cu km/yr (9%/59%/32%)
per capita: 2,082 cu m/yr (2001) |
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Environment - current issues:
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the upgrading of Hungary's standards in waste management, energy efficiency, and air, soil, and water pollution to meet EU requirements will require large investments |
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Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Population:
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9,930,915 (July 2008 est.) |
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 15.2% (male 774,092/female 730,485)
15-64 years: 69.3% (male 3,393,630/female 3,488,011)
65 years and over: 15.6% (male 559,483/female 985,214) (2008 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun: Hungarian(s)
adjective: Hungarian |
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Ethnic groups:
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Hungarian 92.3%, Roma 1.9%, other or unknown 5.8% (2001 census) |
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Religions:
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Roman Catholic 51.9%, Calvinist 15.9%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic 2.6%, other Christian 1%, other or unspecified 11.1%, unaffiliated 14.5% (2001 census) |
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Languages:
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Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census) |
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.5%
female: 99.3% (2003 est.) |
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Country name:
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conventional long form: Republic of Hungary
conventional short form: Hungary
local long form: Magyar Koztarsasag
local short form: Magyarorszag |
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Government type:
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parliamentary democracy |
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Capital:
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name: Budapest
geographic coordinates: 47 30 N, 19 05 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
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Administrative divisions:
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19 counties (megyek, singular - megye), 23 urban counties (singular - megyei varos), and 1 capital city (fovaros)
counties: Bacs-Kiskun, Baranya, Bekes, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Csongrad, Fejer, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hajdu-Bihar, Heves, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komarom-Esztergom, Nograd, Pest, Somogy, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, Tolna, Vas, Veszprem, Zala
urban counties: Bekescsaba, Debrecen, Dunaujvaros, Eger, Erd, Gyor, Hodmezovasarhely, Kaposvar, Kecskemet, Miskolc, Nagykanizsa, Nyiregyhaza, Pecs, Salgotarjan, Sopron, Szeged, Szekesfehervar, Szekszard, Szolnok, Szombathely, Tatabanya, Veszprem, Zalaegerszeg
capital city: Budapest |
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Independence:
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25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date) |
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National holiday:
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Saint Stephen's Day, 20 August
Source: http://cia.gov
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