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Coordinates: 47°N 20°E

Hungary
Magyarország (Hungarian)

Flag

Coat of arms

Anthem: "Himnusz" (Hungarian)[1]

"Hymn"

Location of Hungary (dark green)

– in Europe (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union (green) – [Legend]
Capital Budapest
and largest city 47°26′N 19°15′E
Official language
Hungarian[2]
and national language
 93% Hungarians
 2.5% not declared
Ethnic groups (2018)  2% Roma
 2.5% Germans[3]

 81.4% Christianity
Religion
 –50% Catholicism
  –27.9% Protestantism
 –3.3% other Christians
 –0.2% Orthodox
Church
 1% Judaism
 0.05% Buddhism
 0.01% other
 15% not religious
 2.5% unanswered[4]

Demonym Hungarian
Unitary parliamentary
Government
constitutional republic
• President János Áder
• Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
• Speaker of the
László Kövér
National Assembly
Legislature Országgyűlés
Foundation
• Principality of Hungary 895[5]
• Battle of Pressburg 4–6 July 907
• Christian Kingdom 25 December 1000[6]
• Golden Bull of 1222 24 April 1222
• Battle of Mohács 29 August 1526
• Liberation of Buda 2 September 1686
• Revolution of 1848 15 March 1848
• Austro-Hungarian Empire 20 March 1867
• Treaty of Trianon 4 June 1920
• Third Republic 23 October 1989
• Joined the European Union 1 May 2004
Area
93,030[7] km2 (35,920 sq mi)
• Total
(108th)
• Water (%) 0.74%
Population
• 2017 estimate 9,797,561[8] (92nd)
105.3/km2 (272.7/sq mi)
• Density
(103rd)
GDP (PPP) 2018 estimate
• Total $306.787 billion[9] (57th)
• Per capita $31,370[9] (45th)
GDP (nominal) 2018 estimate
• Total $163.541 billion[9] (58th)
• Per capita $16,723[9] (54th)
Gini (2014) 27.9[10]
 low · 16th
0.836[11]
HDI (2015)
very high · 43rd
Currency Forint (HUF)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Date format yyyy.mm.dd.
Drives on the right
Calling code +36
Patron saint Saint Stephen
ISO 3166 code HU
Internet TLD .hu and .eu

Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország [ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ] ( listen)) is a country in Central Europe[2]

that covers an area of 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) in the Carpathian Basin, bordered
by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east,
Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west.[12] With about 10 million
inhabitants, Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union.[13] The official
language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world.[14]
Hungary's capital and its largest city and metropolis is Budapest, a significant economic hub,
classified as a leading global city.[15] Major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs
and Győr.

Following centuries of successive habitation by Celts, Romans, Germanic people, West Slavs,
and Avars, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late 9th century by the Hungarian grand
prince Árpád in the conquest of the Carpathian Basin.[16][17] His great-grandson Stephen I
ascended the throne in 1000, converting the country to a Christian kingdom. By the 12th century,
Hungary became a middle power within the Western world, reaching a golden age by the 15th
century.[18] Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526 and about 150 years of partial Ottoman
occupation (1541–1699), Hungary came under Habsburg rule, and later formed the great power
Austro–Hungarian Empire together with Austria.[19]

Hungary's current borders were established in 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon after World War I,
when the country lost 71% of its territory, 58% of its population, and 32% of ethnic
Hungarians.[20][21][22] Following the interwar period,