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Hungary
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47° N / 20° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Budapest
- Population
- 9,562,065 2024
- Area
- 93,028 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Hungarian
- Currency
- Hungarian forint (HUF)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Hungary
Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország) is a small landlocked country in central Europe, at a historical crossroads between the Balkans and the Great Eurasian Steppe. Its capital city, Budapest, boasts Habsburg architecture, and ornate Turkish bathhouses remnant of its Ottoman past, while its villages preserve strong folk traditions.
Landscape & landmarks
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy AvenueRead the see section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-03. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Central Europe
- Calling code
- +36
- Internet domain
- .hu
- Land border codes
- AUT, HRV, ROU, SRB, SVK, SVN, UKR
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .hu. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.