HUNGARY

LOCATION:

Carpathian Basin

In the middle of Eastern Europe

AREA:

93.000 Kmq

Landlocked country

BORDERS

North: SlovakiaEast:RomaniaSouth:Serbia, Croatia, SloveniaWest:Austria

It is divided in19 regions calledCOUNTIES.

CAPITAL:Budapest, independent from the County Government.

CLIMATE MEDITERRANEAN

CONTINENTAL

ATLANTIC

LANDGREAT and LITTLE PLAIN

MOUNTAINS:

• Kekes

• Galyateto

• Istallosko

• Bakony(Selva Baconia)

HILLS

RIVES and LAKES

RIVERS:

• DANUBIE

• TISZA

• Drava

• Koros

• Maros

LAKES:

• BALATON

• TISZAL

NATURAL HERITAGE

• 3000 vegetal species

• More than 43000 animal species

• 11 NATIONAL PARKS

• Woods with oaks, pines and acacias

THE FLAG:

• Red = force• White =

courage• Green =

hope

In the centre is located the ancient emblem of the King, St. Stephan.

GOVERMENT SYSTEM:

Actually Hungary is a People’s Republic, with a Parliamentary system.

HUNGARIAN FLAG

HISTORY

• Originally Hungary was inhabited by GERMAN and SLAVIK people.

• During the 10. CENTURY a. C. it was invaded by Asiatic nomads, the MAGIARI that created the Hungarian Reign.

• At the beginning of the 16th CENTURY, Hungary was conquered by the OTTOMANS.

• From 1668 to 1918 Hungary was under Austrian domination.

• In 1918 it became independent.

• After WWII, the Communist Party took control of the country and the Soviet Union suppressed the opposition. The Communist government ended only in 1989.

ST. STEPHAN 1. OF HUNGARY

ST. STEPHAN 1. WAS THE FIRST KING OF HUNGARY .

HE FOUNDED THE HUNGARIAN STATE AND CHURCH.

For this reason he became a great Saint of the Catholic Church.

POPULATION, CULTURAL IDENTITY and ETHNICITIES

POPULATION:

10 MILLIONS of people with a lot of ethnicities:German, Slovak, Croat, Romans, Slovenian, Ukrainian …

LANGUAGE:

HUNGARIAN,but people learn a foreign language as English or German.

RELIGION:

CHRISTIAN COUNTRY, with Catholics, Protestants (Calvinists and Lutherans), Orthodox Christians, Jews and atheists.

ECONOMY

Good National Market and exchange

with foreign countries.

AGRICOLTURE:Wheat, sunflowers,

corn, potatoes, wine, RED CHILI PEPPERS.

BREEDING:Bovines and pigs, with a great production of meat, milk, butter, cheese and eggs.

INDUSTRY: metallurgy, food processing, manufacture of construction materials, textiles, chemicals and motor vehicles.TOURISM is also important.

ECONOMY

MINING RESOURCES:

bauxite (to have aluminum), uranium, lignite and hard coal.

Electric power is obtained through thermoelectric power centrals and through nuclear centrals.

CULTURE and ART

Wonderful ARTISTIC and

CULTURAL HERITAGE:

Rich and prized HANDCRAFT

ARCHITECTURE and MONUMENTS

MUSIC – F. Liszt

SPORTIn Hungary there

are a lot of SPORTS:

FOOTBALL

ATHLETICS

GYMNASTIC

HORSE RIDING

SWIMMING

WINDSURF

SAILING

BIRDWATCHING

There is a great number of

WELLNESS and SPORT CENTRES

and OUTDOOR SPA

FOOD

Hungarian cook is characterized by an INTENSE TASTE because people use a lot of SPICES, as PEPPER and PAPRIKA.

… a typical Hungarian dinner! MENU

Little flour gnocchi

Calf stew with peppers

Porchetta without head

Potatoes with paprika

Hungarian salami

Hungarian biscuits