20 September 2021 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks, UNESCO World Heritage
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Hungary is a country in
Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) 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 is a
landlocked country. Hungary has a population of 10 million, mostly
ethnic Hungarians and a significant
Romani minority.
Hungarian, the
official language, is the world’s most widely spoken
Uralic language, and among the few non-
Indo-European languages widely spoken in Europe.
Budapest is the country’s capital and
largest city; other major urban areas include
Debrecen,
Szeged,
Miskolc,
Pécs, and
Győr.
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