Country name: conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Hungary
local long form: none
local short form: Magyarorszag
Capital:: Budapest
geographic coordinates: 47 30 N, 19 05 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC
during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in
March; ends last Sunday in October
Government type: parliamentary democracy
Location
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Central Europe, northwest of
Romania
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Geographic coordinates
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47 00 N, 20 00 E
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Map references
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Europe
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Area
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total: 93,028 sq km
land: 89,608 sq km water: 3,420 sq km |
Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Indiana
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Land boundaries
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total: 2,185 km
border countries: Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Serbia 166 km, Slovakia 676 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km |
Coastline
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0 km (landlocked)
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Maritime claims
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none (landlocked)
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Climate
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temperate; cold, cloudy, humid
winters; warm summers
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Terrain
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mostly flat to rolling plains;
hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border
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Elevation extremes
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lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
highest point: Kekes 1,014 m |
Natural resources
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bauxite, coal, natural gas,
fertile soils, arable land
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Land use
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arable land: 49.58%
permanent crops: 2.06% other: 48.36% (2005) |
Irrigated land
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1,400 sq km (2003)
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Total renewable water resources
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120 cu km (2005)
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Freshwater withdrawal
(domestic/industrial/agricultural)
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total: 21.03 cu km/yr (9%/59%/32%)
per capita: 2,082 cu m/yr (2001) |
Environment - current issues
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the upgrading of Hungary's
standards in waste management, energy efficiency, and air, soil, and water
pollution to meet EU requirements will require large investments
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Environment - international
agreements
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party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air
Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic
Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,
Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous
Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note
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landlocked; strategic location
astride main land routes between Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well
as between Ukraine and Mediterranean basin; the north-south flowing Duna
(Danube) and Tisza Rivers divide the country into three large regions
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