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Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, F,
TV Systems:
System:SECAM D/PAL / SECAM K/PAL
DVD-Region: 2
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Area:
total: 93,030 sq km
land: 92,340 sq km
water: 690 sq km
Climate:
temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers
Terrain:
mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border
Economy
GDP:
$205.7 billion (2008 est.)
$208.9 billion (2007)
$193.2 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
-1.5% (2008 est.)
1.3% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$19,800 (2008 est.)
$19,700 (2007 est.)
$19,400 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 6.1% (2008 est.)
Currency: forint (HUF)
Exchange rates:
forints (HUF) per US dollar - 171.8 (2008), 183.83 (2007), 210.39 (2006), 199.58 (2005), 202.75 (2004)
People
Population: 9,905,596 (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: -0.257% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 51.9%, Calvinist 15.9%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic 2.6%, other Christian 1%, other or unspecified 11.1%, unaffiliated 14.5% (2001 census)
Languages:
Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)
Government
Capital:
name: Budapest
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Independence:
25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date)
Note: Information on Hungary was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Hungary, please visit one of the links below.
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