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General Information / Administrative

Hungary is subdivided administratively into 19 counties. The capital city (főváros), Budapest, is independent of any county government. The counties and the capital are the 20 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) 3 level regions of Hungary.

Since 1996, these 20 NUTS units have been grouped into 7 regions for statistical and development purposes. These 7 regions constitute Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics NUTS 2 level units of Hungary.

There are also 23 towns with County rights (singular megyei jogú város), which are also sometimes called "urban counties" in English (there is no such term in Hungarian). The local authorities of these towns have extended powers, but the counties are not independent territorial units.

For touristical purposes the government has introduced in 1996 the Touristical Regions. These division is based on the 7 administrative regions, completed by two special regions around Lake Balaton and Lake Tisza.