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About Hungary

Hungary is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. Area of the country is 93,030 km2. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of UN, OECD, NATO, EU and is a Schengen state. Population of the country is 10,041,000 people (estimated), 95% of whom are Hungarians. Several ethnic minorities exist: Roma (2,1%), Germans (1.2%), Slovaks (0.4%), Croats (0.2%), Romanians (0.1%), Serbs (0.1%) and Ukrainians (0.1%). The official language is Hungarian (Magyar).

Hungary is subdivided administratively into 19 counties. The capital city, Budapest, is independent of any county government. 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).

Hungary is a parliamentary republic. A unicameral 386-member National Assembly (the Országgyulés, www.parlament.hu) is the highest organ of statue authority and initiates and approves legislation sponsored by the Prime Minister. National Parliamentary elections are held every 4 years.