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Hungary - GENERAL INFORMATION
 
Population - Local time - Languages - Religion - Political system - Climate - Tourism - Food



Population



Main Cities Population
Budapest   1,100,000  
Debrecen   210  
Miskolc   182  
Szeged   168  
Pecs   163  
Gyor   127  



Total population (millions): 10.1
Source: World Bank 2004

Urban population: 66%
Source: World Bank 2004

Average annual population growth: -0.6%
Source: World Bank 2004

Surface area (km²) : 93,03


Population origin

Origin of the population% Of the population
Hungarian 96.6
Gipsy 1.4
Serb 0.5
Slovak 0.3
German1
Other 0.2




Local time


It is %T:%M %A in Budapest


GMT+1 in winter, GMT+2 in summer


Languages


Official language: Hungarian.
Business languages: Hungarian and English. German is also spoken in business, the concerned companies having definitely developed a practice of business German.

Free translation tools in Hungary :
Tranexp
Free English-Hungarian-English translator of texts and web pages

Ectaco
Free English-Hungarian-English dictionary

Freedict.com
Free English-Hungarian-English dictionary



Religion


Religious practises : Catholics 67.5%
Protestants 24.9%
Atheists 4.7%
Others 2.9%.


Political system


Hungary is a parliamentary republic.
The Parliament consists of 386 members, elected for 4 years. The president of the Republic is elected by the Parliament for 5 years. The current government rests on the absolute majority held by the socialist party (MSZP) but chose a coalition with liberal democratic alliance (SZDSZ).
Capital City: Budapest
Head of State: President Lazlo Solyom, elected on June, 8 of 2005.


Climate

 


Tourism

Number of visitors in Hungary 2002 2003 2004 World rank
Number of visitors (1000) ..   ..   12212   17
Source : World Tourisme Organization, data available in November 2005

 

Tourist sites


- Budapest: the fortified district, Buda's zone
- The Balaton lake (600 square meters)
- Pecs: the Mosque and the Synagogue
- Eger: the XIII-th century Castle.

For more information about tourism in Hungary , check out the following web site(s) :
Hungarian Tourism Board


Food


Traditional dishes


Raw green peppers stuffed with white cheese and paprika: it is a Hungarian traditional starter.
Hungarian salami
Goulash.

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