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Territory: 93 030 km
Population: 10,043,000
Urban population: 63%
Capital: Budapest, territory:
525 km2, population: 1,770,000
Second largest
city: Debrecen (220,000 inhabitabts)
Highest peak: Kékes (1014 m) (in the Matra Mountains)
Time
zone: CET: GMT + 1 hour
Official
language: Hungarian
Constitutional form: republic
Public administration: 19 counties, 23 county right town, 2898
villages
Currency: HUF (Forint, Ft)
Voltage:
230 V, 50Hz
Length of the state borders: 2,246 km
Neighbouring countries: Slovakia, the Ukraine,
Romania, Yugoslavia,
Croatia, Slovenia and Austria
Persons touring to Hungary: 31,000,000/year
Member of the EU: since 01. May,
2004
Official holidays:
1 January
(New Year's Day)
15 March (start of the 1848/49 revolution and war of
independence, national
holiday)
1 May (Labour Day)
20 August
(foundation of
state, celebration of King Saint Stephen, national and state
holiday)
23
October
(start of
the 1956 revolution and war of independence,
date of the declaration
of the Republic of Hungary in
1989, national holiday
Easter (Sunday, Monday)
Pentecost
1 November (All Saints' Day)
24, 25, 26 December (Christmas)
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