Fast Facts of Hungary

• Area : 93,030 sq km
• Population : 10,142,000 (official estimate 2002)
• Capital : Budapest
• Population : 1,759,569 (2002)
• Government : Republic
• Head of State : President Ferenc Mádl since 2000
• Head of Government : Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany since 2004
• Language : Hungarian (Magyar) is the official language. German and English are widely spoken. Some French is also spoken, mainly in western Hungary
• Religion : 62 per cent Roman Catholic, 20 per cent Calvinist, 5 per cent Lutheran. Eastern Orthodox and Jewish minorities. There is no official national religion
• Time : GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in October)
• Electricity : 220 volts AC, 50Hz. European-style two-pin plugs are used
• Latitude/Longitude : 47° 00'N, 20° 00'E
• Landforms : Hungary is a mostly flat country, dominated by the Great Hungarian Plain east of the Danube.