Hungary Country Profile - Facts

Location: Eastern Europe

Capital City: Budapest

Population: 10 million

Government: Hungary has a parliamentary representative democratic republican government. The Prime Minister is head of the government while the President is the head of state.

Currency: Forint

Main Languages: Hungarian

Main Religions: Approximately half the country’s population are Roman Catholics, with the rest comprises of Protestants, Jews, Muslims and atheists.

Other Facts

Hungary is one of the oldest countries in Europe, being founded in 896.

The Hungarian language is notoriously challenging for non-native speakers and has only two related languages: Finnish and Estonian.

Hungary has very active thermal springs that are a large tourist attraction.

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