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Total area: 93,030 km2
Population: 10,005,000(2010 estimate)
Density: 107.7/km2
Currency: Forint (HUF)
Official language: Hungarian
Capital: Budapest
Governement: Parliamentary republic
Internet TLD: .hu
Calling code: +36

  Hungary (Magyarország) is a Central European republic, most of its territory occupying the Danube Basin and Hungarian Plain. It is bordered to the north by Slovakia, to the east by Ukraine, to the south-east by Romania, to the south by Serbia and Croatia and to the west, north-west by Slovenia and Austria. The capital and largest city is Budapest.

  Transportation network is well developed and modernized here, and tourism here is the most developed and well organized among the former socialist countries. Cultural and historical tourism prevails. If planning to visit Hungary, you should visit the capital city, Budapest, rich in cultural, artistic and historical monuments; Buda castle fortifications, including the famous Fishermen's Bastion, Parliament Buildings, the eighteenth-century Franciscan church, numerous statues and memorials that reinforce its status as a metropolitan city of the Hungarians, Lake Balaton and its surroundings. The best season to visit Hungary is spring -summer is very hot and the cities are more crowded, while during winter many museums are closed.

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