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Budapest

19 counties (megyek, singular - megye) with main cities:
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.

23 urban counties (singular - megyei varos):
Bekescsaba, Debrecen, Dunaujvaros, Eger, Erd, Gyor, Hodmezovasarhely, Kaposvar, Kecskemet, Miskolc, Nagykanizsa, Nyiregyhaza, Pecs, Salgotarjan, Sopron, Szeged, Szekesfehervar, Szekszard, Szolnok, Szombathely, Tatabanya, Veszprem, and Zalaegerszeg.

1 capital city (fovaros) - Budapest.

10,075,034 (July 2002 est.)

Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8%

47° 00' N, 20° 00' E

93,030 sq. km

92,340 sq. km

690 sq. km

2,171 km

Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Serbia 166 km, Slovakia 677 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km

0 km (landlocked)

Tisza River 78 m - Kekes 1,014 m

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Hungary

Hungary

Magyarorsag

Magyarorszag

1001 (unification by King Stephen I)

18 August 1949, effective 20 August 1949, revised 19 April 1972, 18 October 1989 revision ensured legal rights for individuals and constitutional checks on the authority of the prime minister and also established the principle of parliamentary oversight, 1997 amendment streamlined the judicial system

parliamentary democracy

St. Stephen's Day, 20 August