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Republic
of Hungary
Territory:
93 030 sq km
The
full length of the state border:
2 216.8 km
The
highest point:
Kékes (1014 m)
The
lowest point:
Gyálarét (78 m)
Main
rivers:
Danube (its length in Hungary: 417 km), Tisza (its length in
Hungary: 596 km), Lajta, Rábca, Rába, Zala, Dráva, Ipoly,
Zagyva, Sajó, Hernád, Bodrog, Szamos, Hármas-Körös, Maros
The
largest lakes:
Balaton (596 sq km), Velencei-tó (26 sq km), Fertő-tó
(southern part, 75 sq km)
Geographical
regions:
the Great Hungarian Plain, Kisalföld /Small Plain/, Borderland or
Foot of the Alps in Western Hungary, Transdanubian Hills,
Transdanubian Mountain, Northern Mountain
Population
(1 January 2002):
10 270 425 persons
Density
of population (1
January 2002):
110.4 inhabitants per sq km
National
and ethnic minorities acknowledged by law: Armenian,
Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Gypsy, Polish, Romanian,
Ruthenian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Ukrainian
Official
language:
Hungarian
Capital:
Budapest
Type
of state:
republic
Administrative
division:
19 counties and the capital
Main
religions:
Roman Catholic, Protestant (Calvinist and Lutheran), Greek
Catholic, Jewish, Orthodox
Main
cities:
(1 January 2002) Budapest
(1 722 093 inhabitants), Debrecen (207 936 inhabitants), Miskolc
(182 307 inhabitants), Szeged (163 949 inhabitants), Pécs (158
308 inhabitants), Győr (127 576 inhabitants)
Per
capita GDP (gross
national product, 2000):
USD4,528*, EUR4,940 (*calculated
at the official middle rate of the National Bank of Hungary)
Official
currency:
forint /HUF/
World
Heritage sites
The
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organisation’s (UNESCO) World Heritage listed Hungarian values
are as follows:
·
In Budapest
the panorama of the two banks of the River Danube and the Castle
District in Buda; on the Buda side, the section reaching from the
bridgehead of Petőfi-híd in Buda through Gellért Hill, Tabán
to the Castle Hill and Watertown; on the Pest side, the area
extending from the bridgehead of Margit-híd in Pest to Petőfi-híd
including the Parliament (1987)
·
Hollókő,
55 typical houses of the old village among the mountains of Cserhát
(1987)
·
The
limestone cave system in Aggtelek
jointly with Slovakia (1995)
·
The
arch-abbey and church of the Benedictine Order, the Millennium
Monument, the Calvary and the Blessed Virgin Chapel in
Pannonhalma. (1996)
·
Hortobágy
National Park,
one of Europe’s largest, protected grassy plains including the
bridge with nine holes in Hortobágy, the Inn of Hortobágy and
the Shepherd Museum. (1999)
·
The
collection of old Christian relics of Pécs:
the burial hall and its painted burial vaults (2000)
·
In Budapest
the part of Andrássy út from Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út to the
rounded arch of the statute gallery of the millennium monument,
which broadens on the section between Nagymező utca and Teréz
körút to Király utca, including the building of the Music
Academy. The two large museum buildings on Heroes’ Square: the
Museum of Fine Arts and the Art Gallery are also World Heritage
listed (2002)
The
panorama of the wine-growing region at the foot of the hill of Tokaj
clearly demonstrates the ancient tradition of wine-making in
this region of low hills and river valleys. With the network of
vine-lands, homesteads and small towns, deep wine cellars, it
illustrates each aspect of producing the famous wines of Tokaj,
the quality and the process, strictly regulated for almost 300
years. (2002)
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