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Official country name
Republic of Hungary
Short name
Hungary
Local names
Magyar Koztarsasag (long)
Magyarorszag (short)
Magyarorszag (short)
Nationality
Hungarian(s) (noun) Magyarorszag (adjective)
Languages spoken
Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)
Capital
Budapest
Government type
parliamentary democracy
Population
9,930,915 ranked 84, (data 2008)
Geography
strategic location astride main land routes between Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between Ukraine and Mediterranean basin; the north-south flowing Duna (Danube) and Tisza Rivers divide the country into three large regions. The lowest point is Tisza River 78 m.
Coastline
Coastline 0 km.
Land borders
2,185km, Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Serbia 166 km, Slovakia 676 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km.
Administrative divisions
19 counties (megyek, singular - megye), 23 urban counties (singular - megyei varos), and 1 capital city (fovaros)
counties: Bacs-Kiskun, Baranya, Bekes, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Csongrad, Fejer, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hajdu-Bihar, Heves, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komarom-Esztergom, Nograd, Pest, Somogy, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, Tolna, Vas, Veszprem, Zala; urban counties: Bekescsaba, Debrecen, Dunaujvaros, Eger, Erd, Gyor, Hodmezovasarhely, Kaposvar, Kecskemet, Miskolc, Nagykanizsa, Nyiregyhaza, Pecs, Salgotarjan, Sopron, Szeged, Szekesfehervar, Szekszard, Szolnok, Szombathely, Tatabanya, Veszprem, Zalaegerszeg; capital city: Budapest
Independence
25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date)