Facts About Hungary

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OFFICIAL NAME
Hungarian Republic

LAND
Area: 93,030 sq km (35,919 sq mi).
Capital and largest city: Budapest 
(1993 est. pop., 2,004,000).
Elevations: highest--Mount Kekes, 1,015 m (3,330 ft); 
lowest--78 m (256 ft), in the Tisza River Valley.

PEOPLE
Population (1993 est.): 10,310,179; density: 
110.8 persons per sq km (287 per sq mi).
Distribution (1990 est.): 62% urban, 38% rural.
Annual growth (1993): 0.07%.
Official language: Hungarian.
Major religions: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism.

EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Literacy (1989): 99% of adult population.
Universities (1993): 6.
Hospital beds (1991): 104,072.
Physicians (1991): 39,508.
Life expectancy (1993): women--75.1; men--66.8.
Infant mortality (1993): 13.1 per 1,000 live births.


ECONOMY
GNP (1991): $28.2 billion; $2,690 per capita.
Labor distribution (1989): agriculture--12.7%; 
manufacturing, mining, public utilities--27.7%; 
construction-5.9%; transportation and communications--8.0%; 
trade, finance, real estate--12.1%; services--24.9%;
other--8.7%.
Foreign trade (1992):
 imports--$11.7 billion; exports--$10.9 billion; 
Principal trade partners--Germany, former Soviet republics,
 Austria, Italy.
Currency: 1 forint = 100 filler.


GOVERNMENT
Type: republic.
Government leaders (1995): 
 Arpad Goncz--president;
 Gyula Horn--premier.
Legislature: National Assembly.
Political subdivisions: 19 counties, Budapest city.


COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads (1991): 7,750 km (4,816 mi) total.
Roads (1992): 29,950 km (18,610 mi) total.
Major ports: 1.
Major airfields: 1


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