Hungary is the
member of EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

Official name: Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság)
Form of government: republic
Official language: Hungarian

FLAG AND CREST OF Budapest:

Geography
Area: 93,030 sq. km.
Total length of borders: 2,246 km
Highest peak: Kékes (1,015 m) in the Mátra Mountains (NE Hungary)
Lowest point: Gyálarét (78 m), south of Szeged
Main rivers: Danube (Hungarian section: 417 km), Tisza (Hungarian section: 596 km), Dráva, Lajta, Rábca, Rába, Zala, Mura, Ipoly, Zagyva, Sajó, Hernád, Bodrog, Szamos, Hármas-Körös, Maros
Largest lakes: Balaton (596 sq. km.), Fertő (southern part, belonging to Hungary: 87 sq. km.), Velence (26 sq. km.)
Geographical regions: Great Plain (Alföld), Western Lowlands (Kisalföld), West Hungarian border region or Sub-Alps (Alpokalja), Transdanubian Hills (Dunántúli-dombság), Transdanubian Mountains (Dunántúli-középhegység), Northern Mountains (Északi-középhegység)
Regions, corresponding to the requirements of the European Union (since 1999, member counties belonging to the planning-statistical regions in brackets):
- Central Hungary (Budapest and Pest county)
- Central Western Hungary (Fejér, Komárom-Esztergom and Veszprém counties)
- Western Hungary (Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas and Zala counties)
- South Western Hungary (Baranya, Somogy and Tolna counties)
- Northern Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád counties)
- Central Eastern Hungary (Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg counties)
- South Eastern Hungary (Bács-Kiskun, Békés and Csongrád counties)
Administrative divisions (January 1, 2006): 19 counties and the capital, 23 cities with county status
Settlements with urban status (January 1, 2006): 266, including Budapest
Villages (January 1, 2006): 2,856

Population (January 1, 2006): 10,017,000; (census result on February 1, 2001: 10,198,315)
Density of population (January 1, 2006): 108 inhabitants per sq. km.
Ethnic groups: (2003 est.) Hungarian (89.9 per cent), Roma (4 per cent), German (2.6 per cent), Serb (2 per cent), Slovak (0.8 per cent), Romanian (0.7 per cent), Croat, Slovene and minor communities of Bulgarians, Greeks, Poles, Armenians, Ruthenes and Ukrainians.
Urban population (January 1, 2006): 6,662,000.
Population of principal cities (January 1, 2006): Budapest (1,694,000), Debrecen (204,000), Miskolc (174,000), Szeged (163,000), Pécs (156,000), GyÅ‘r (128,000)
Main religions (February 1, 2001, census results): Roman Catholic (51.9 per cent), Calvinist (15.9 per cent), Lutheran (3.0 per cent), Greek Catholic (2.6 per cent), Jewish (0.1 per cent), other religions, including Orthodox (1.1 per cent); belonging to no religion or denomination (14.5 per cent), refusing to declare their religious affiliation (10.1 per cent), unknown (0.7 per cent).

NUMBER OF FOREIGN VISITORS TO HUNGARY :
40 963 000 (2006)

Economy
Per capita GDP (gross domestic product) in 2005: EUR 8,707
Industries: mining, metallurgy, construction materials, processed foods, textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals), motor vehicles.
Arable land: (May 2005) 48.5 per cent of the country's territory
Agriculture: wheat, corn, sunflower seed, potatoes, sugar beets; pigs, cattle, poultry, dairy products.
Natural resources: bauxite, coal, natural gas.
Exports: (2005) USD 61,861.1 million; EUR 49,720.7: machinery and equipment, other manufactures, food products, raw materials, fuels and electricity
Imports: (2005) USD 65,435.3 million; EUR 52,559.9 million : machinery and equipment, other manufactures, fuels and electricity, food products, raw materials.
Major trading partners: the EU (especially Germany, Austria, Italy, France, UK, ); U.S., Russia, China
Employment pattern (2005):
agriculture (4.98 per cent)
industry (24.3 per cent)
other sectors (70.72 per cent)
Unemployment (2005): 7.2 per cent
Transport network (2005): railways 7,685 km (2,791 km electrified), public roads 30,874 km (motorways 636 km)

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS In 2008