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ABOUT THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bounded on the north by Slovakia; on the north-east by Ukraine; on the east by Romania; on the south by Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia; and on the west by Austria.

• Area: 93,030 square kilometres
• Main rivers: Duna (Danube) (length in Hungary: 417 km), Tisza (length in Hungary: 596 km), Lajta, Rábca, Rába, Zala, Dráva, Ipoly, Zagyva, Sajó, Hernád, Bodrog, Szamos, Hármas-Körös and Maros
• Largest lakes: Balaton (596 square kilometres), Velencei-tó (26 square kilometres), Ferto tó (southern part, 75 square kilometres)
• Geographic regions: Alföld (Great Plain), Kisalföld (Small Plain), Nyugat-Magyarországi peremvidék or Alpokalja (Western Hungary or Lower Alps), Dunántúli-dombság (Transdanubia hills), Dunántúli-középhegység (Transdanubia mountain range) and Északi-középhegység (Northern mountain range).
• Population: 10.2 million
• Main national and ethnic groups: Hungarian, Croatian, German, Roma, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovene.
• Official language: Hungarian
• Capital: Budapest
• State form: republic
• Main religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant (Calvinist and Lutheran), Greek Catholic, Jewish and Orthodox
• Largest cities: Budapest (1,775,203 residents), Debrecen (211,038 residents), Miskolc (184,129 residents), Szeged (168,276 residents), Pécs (162,502 residents) and Gyor (129,415 residents)
• Official currency: Forint
• Official holidays
  • 1 January (New Year's Day)
  • 15 March (start of the 1848/49 revolution and war of independence, national holiday)
  • 1 May (Labour Day)
  • 20 August (foundation of state, celebration of King Saint Stephen, national and state holiday)
  • 23 October (start of the 1956 revolution and war of independence, date of the declaration of the Republic of Hungary in 1989, national holiday)
  • 25-26 December (Christmas)
  • Easter (15-16 April 2001, 31 March-1 April 2002)
  • Whitsun (3-4 June 2001, 19-20 May 2002)
  • 1 November (All Saints' Day).