- Official name
- Hungary Magyarország · Hungarian
- Capital
- Budapest
- Region
- Central Europe
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 9.8 million
- Area
- 93,028 km²
- Currency
- Hungarian forint (HUF)
- Neighbours
- Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
- Internet / phone
- .hu · +36
Where it is
Notable facts
- Hungarian is not related to the languages of any neighbouring country — it is Uralic, distantly related to Finnish and Estonian.
- Budapest has more thermal springs than any other capital, feeding its famous bath houses.
- The Rubik’s Cube, the ballpoint pen and the modern electric transformer were invented by Hungarians.
- Lake Balaton is the largest lake in Central Europe.
World Heritage 8 sites
- Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
- Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings
- Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
National dish
Gulyás Beef and onion cooked slowly with paprika into a soup — not the thick stew served abroad under the name goulash.
The thick version Hungarians call pörkölt. Paprika only reached Hungarian cooking in the 18th century.