HUNGARY-

Country
presentati In
In Central
Central Europe
Europe

on
József Pekli
Szent István University
Gödöllő, Hungary
Territory:
Territory: 93,030
93,030 km
km22
Population:
Population: 10,197,119
10,197,119 persons
persons
Population
Population Density:
Density: 108
108 persons/km
persons/km22

Officicial
Officicial language:
language: Hungarian
Hungarian
Form
Form ofof state:
state: republic
republic
Member
Member of of European
European Union
Union (2004)
(2004)
 Length of state borders: 2,246 km
Number of bordering countries: 7

3
2
1

7
Public
administration:
19 counties,
5 23 county
6 towns
Capital
Hungary is located in Central Europe, in the Carpathian Basin.
Length: 526 kilometres from east to west
268 kilometres from north to south
 The most of the rivers in Hungary arrive from the
higher parts of the neighbouring countries and
there are just a few smaller water-courses which
have their source in Hungary.

The most important river is

the river Danube “highway”
of Europe (its length within
Hungary is 417 km)

The „most Hungarian” of Rivers

is the Tisza (its length within
Hungary is 598 km)

In addition to the Lake Balaton, the Lake of Velence,

the Fertő-Lake and the Tisza-Lake, a number of small
lakes and reservoirs in charming surroundings offer
excellent facilities for water sports.
 Three-quarters
Three-quarters of
of Hungary,
Hungary, surrounded
surrounded
by
by the
the Carpathian
Carpathian Mountains,
Mountains, is
is aa plain.
plain.

The natural flora

and fauna of
Hungary are very
diversified,
we can find some
species occurring
only in the
Carpathian Basin.

The Hungarian climate has all the characteristic

features of the moderate climate zone.
The seasons can be sharply distinguished.
 NATIONAL PARKS
IN HUNGARY
Hortobágy National Park (1973)
Kiskunság National Park (1975)
Bükk National Park (1976)
Aggtelek National Park (1985)
Fertő-Hanság National Park (1991)
Danube-Dráva National Park (1996)
Balaton Highlands National Park (1997)
Danube-Ipoly National Park (1997)
Körös-Maros National Park (1997)
Capital: Budapest Pécs

Tihany Szeged

Debrecen Esztergom
Number of foreigners coming to Hungary
per year: 31,141,000 persons
The Hungarian “puszta” (plain) is a
preferred destination for tourists; here
they can meet native animals and learn
much about ethnographical traditions.
The hosts entertain the visitors with
spectacular horse shows in the National
Parks in Hortobágy and in Kiskunság.

Lake Balaton is the largest

lake in Central Europe
 Hungary is very rich in thermal and medicinal waters.
(More than 1,300 thermal springs are known in the country)
The Cave-bath in
The Harkány Miskolctapolca has a
medicinal water crystalline air, and the
(alone in the water is rich in minerals
world) contains
sulphide ions in
gaseous form

The Hévíz Lake is the second

largest hot-water lake in the
world (temperature is 36 o C )
 HUNGARY IS VERY RICH IN
CULTURAL AND NATURAL ASSETS
World Heritage Sites:
Banks of the Danube and the Buda Castle Quarter
Hollókő village
Caves of Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
Millenarian Benedictine Monastery of Pannonhalma
Hortobágy National Park
Early Christian Cemetery of Pécs
Andrássy street in Budapest
Proposed World Heritage Sites:
Medieval Royal Centre and hunting area of Visegrád
The Wine Region of Tokaj
The Peninsula of Tihany
Fertő-Lake
 SPECIALITIES OF HUNGARY

King of the Wines Kecskemét Apricot Brandy

Wine of the Kings Tokaj Wine
Bull's Blood
Unicum

Paprika
Makó Onions
Salami
Gyula Sausages

Zsolnay Ceramics
Herend Porcelain

Béres Drops
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ATTENTION