Hungary

  

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Hungary Magyarország (Hungarian)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Cum Deo pro Patria et Libertate (Latin) With the help of God for Homeland and Freedom
Anthem: Himnusz (English: Hymn)
Capital and largest city	Budapest
Official languages	Hungarian
Ethnic groups (TBD)	TBD
Demonym(s)	Hungarian
Government	Federal semi-presidential republic
• President	János Kalocsay
• Prime Minister	Zoltán Asztalos
• Speaker of the National Assembly	Zsófia Bacsik
Legislature	National Assembly
Establishment
• Kingdom of Hungary	895
• Principality of Hungary	25 December 1000
• Christian Kingdom	29 August 1526
• Battle of Mohács	2 September 1686
• Liberation of Buda	15 March 1848
• Revolution of 1848	30 March 1867
Area
• Total	424,598.43 km2 (163,938.37 sq mi)
Population
• 2018 estimate	44,914,730
• 2017 census	44,104,207
• Density	105.78/km2 (274.0/sq mi) (109th)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$1.45 trillion (19th)
• Per capita	$32,283 (40th)
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Total	$560 billion (23rd)
• Per capita	$12,468.07 (59th)
Gini (2014)	31.07 medium
HDI (2015)	0.851 very high · 36th
Currency	Polish-Lithuanian Złoty (zł) (PLZ)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+48
ISO 3166 code	PL
Internet TLD	.pl
Website www.poland-lithuania.com.pl

Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország), officially the Republic of Hungary, is a sovereign country in Central Europe. Hungary is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the north-east, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary's sole official language is Hungarian, a Uralic language distantly related to Finnish, and is one of the only non-Indo-European languages spoken in Europe. Major urban and civic centres in Hungary include its capital Budapest, which is also its largest city, as well as Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs, Győr, Nyíregyháza, and Kecskemét.

The territory of present-day Hungary has been a crossroads for various peoples for centuries such as the Celts, Romans, Germanic tribes, Huns, West Slavs and Avars. The foundations for the modern Hungarian state were laid in the late ninth century AD following the conquest of the Carpathain Basin by Arpad. His grandson Stephen I ascended to the throne in 1000 and established the Christian Kingdom of Hungary. Hungary was a regional power by the 12th century, and reached its cultural and political height in the 15th century. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, Hungary would be partially occupied by the Ottoman Empire from until 1699, before coming under the rule of the Habsburg monarchy of Austria. The Compromise of 1867 gave Hungary the status of an equal partner in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a great power. After Franz Ferdinand attempted to reform the Dual Monarchy in 1917, Hungary declared independence to preserve its territorial integrity.

Etymology

Main article: Name of Hungary

The "H" in Hungary (and Latin Hungaria) is most likely from the historic association with the Huns, a nomadic group from Central Asia that settled in Hungary prior to the arrival of the Avars. The rest of the word comes from the Latinised form of Byzantine Greek Oungroi (Οὔγγροι). The Greek name croms from the Old Bulgarian word ągrinŭ in turn borrowed from Oghur-Turkic Onogur ('ten [tribes of the] Ogurs'). Onogur was a collective name for the tribes who later joined the Bulgars, a tribal confederacy that ruled the eastern region of Hungary with the Avars.

Politics

Main articles: Politics of Hungary and Government of Hungary

Political parties

Main article: List of political parties in Hungary

Law and judicial system

Main article: Law enforcement in Hungary

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Hungary

Foreign relations

Main article: Foreign relations of Hungary

Military

Main article: Hungarian Defence Forces

See also

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