Location

Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia

Land area

93,030 km2

Status

Republic

Population

10,076,000 person

Density

109 person/km2

Official Language

Hungarian (Magyar)

Capital (and largest city)

Budapest (1,8 million inhabitant), 47°26′N 19°15′E

Government

Parliamentary republic
President: László Sólyom (from 2005)
Prime Minister: Ferenc Gyurcsány (from 2004)

Independence

Principality of Hungary: 896
Kingdom of Hungary December: 1000
Dissolution of Austria-Hungary: 1918
Republic of Hungary: 1989

Memberships

United Nations: 14 December, 1955
OSCE: 25 June, 1973
OECD: 1996
NATO: 12 March, 1999
European Union: 1 May, 2004

GDP

Total $169.875 billion
Per capita $17,405 (40th)

Currency

Forint (Ft, HUF), 1 Ft = 100 fillér, 1 € ≈ 255 Ft

Time zone

Central European Time (UTC+1)
Summer: Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Internet TLD

.hu

International license plate code

H

International sport code

HUN

International phone prefix

+36