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Practice Hungary

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Hungary

HU / HUN   47.0°, 19.0°

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary lies within the Danube River's drainage basin and is dominated by great lowland plains. It has a population of over 9.5 million, consisting mostly of ethnic Hungarians (Magyars) and a significant Romani minority. Hungarian is the official language and among the few in Europe outside the Indo-European family. Budapest is the country's capital, largest city, and cultural and economic center.

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People are called
Hungarian
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+36
Capital
Budapest
Population
9,603,634
Area
93,011 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Parliamentary republic
Currency
forint
Languages
Hungarian 98.8%, English 25.3%, German 12.6%
Sells
cars, vehicle parts/accessories, electric batteries, packaged medicine
Sells to
Germany 25%, Italy 6%, Romania 6%
Land borders
7: Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia ...
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+36
Founded
1000
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Hungarian

These are English demonyms for people from Hungary. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Hungary yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Hungary in the study desk

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Hungarianofficial
98.8%
25.3%
12.6%
2.1%
1.5%

Largest cities

Budapest  capital 1,741,041
Debrecen 202,402
Szeged 160,766
Miskolc 150,000
Pécs 140,000

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Parliamentary republic.

Climate and geography

temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers

Climate zone

Highest point

Landlocked. Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Stephen I of Hungary
Stephen I of Hungary Founding king Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen, was the last grand prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the first king of Hungary from 1000 or 1001 until his death in 1038.
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth Leader of the 1848 revolution Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman, revolutionist and governor-president of the Hungarian State during the war of independence of 1848–1849.
Imre Nagy
Imre Nagy Prime minister executed after 1956 Imre Nagy was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Member of european union — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
  • Member of nato — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: cities, famous.