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“the republic of hungary”
(landlocked country in ‘central europe’)
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i/ˈhʌŋɡəri/
hungarian: magyarország
[ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ]
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-‘hungary’ is a ‘unitary parliamentary republic’ in ‘central europe’-
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(it covers an area of ‘93,030 square kilometers’ (or ‘35,920 square miles’), situated in the ‘carpathian basin’, and is bordered by ‘slovakia’ to the north, ‘romania’ to the east, ‘serbia’ to the south, ‘croatia’ to the southwest, ‘slovenia’ to the west, ‘austria’ to the northwest, and ‘ukraine’ to the northeast)
(with about ’10 million inhabitants’, ‘hungary’ is a medium-sized member state of the ‘european union’)
(the official language is ‘hungarian’, which is the most widely spoken ‘non-indo-european language’ in ‘europe’)
(hungary’s capital and largest metropolis is ‘budapest’, a significant ‘economic hub’, classified as a ‘global city’)
(major urban areas include ‘debrecen’, ‘szeged’, ‘miskolc’, ‘pécs’, and ‘győr’)
(following centuries of successive habitation by ‘celts’, ‘romans’, ‘slavs’, ‘gepids’, and ‘avars’, the foundation of ‘hungary’ was laid in the late 9th century by the hungarian grand prince ‘árpád’ in the conquest of the ‘carpathian basin’)
(his great-grandson ‘stephen I’ ascended to the throne in ‘1000’, converting the country to a ‘christian kingdom’)
(by the ’12th century’, ‘hungary’ became a ‘middle power’ within the ‘western world’, reaching a ‘golden age’ by the ’15th century’)
(following the ‘battle of mohács’ in ‘1526’ and about ‘150 years’ of partial ‘ottoman’ occupation (‘1541’ – ‘1699’), ‘hungary’ came under ‘habsburg’ rule, and later formed the great power ‘austro–hungarian empire’ together with ‘austria’)
(hungary’s current borders were established in ‘1920’ by the ‘treaty of trianon’ after ‘world war I’, when the country lost 71% of its territory, 58% of its population, and 32% of ‘ethnic hungarians’)
(following the ‘interwar period’, ‘hungary’ joined the ‘axis powers’ in ‘world war II’, suffering significant damage and casualties)
(‘hungary’ became a satellite state of the ‘soviet union’, which contributed to the establishment of a 4-decade-long ‘communist dictatorship’ (‘1947’ – ‘1989’))
(the country gained widespread international attention regarding the “revolution of 1956” and the seminal opening of its previously-restricted border with ‘austria’ in ‘1989’, which accelerated the collapse of the ‘eastern Bloc’)
(on ’23 october 1989′, ‘hungary’ again became a “democratic parliamentary republic”)
(in the 21st century, ‘hungary’ is a ‘middle power’ and has the world’s 57th largest economy by ‘nominal GDP’, as well as the 58th largest by ‘PPP’, out of 188 countries measured by the ‘IMF’)
(as a substantial actor in several ‘industrial’ and ‘technological sectors’, it is both the world’s 36th largest ‘exporter’ and ‘importer’ of goods)
(‘hungary’ is a ‘high-income economy’ with a very high ‘standard of living’)
(it keeps up a ‘social security’ and ‘universal health care system’, and a ‘tuition-free university education’)
(‘hungary’ performs well in ‘international rankings’: it is 20th in ‘quality of life’, 25th in ‘inequality-adjusted human development’, 32nd in the ‘social progress Index’, and ranks as the ’19th safest country in the world’)
(‘hungary’ joined the ‘european union’ in ‘2004’ and has been part of the ‘schengen area’ since ‘2007’)
(‘hungary’ is a member of the ‘united nations’, ‘NATO’, ‘WTO’, ‘world bank’, the ‘AIIB’, the ‘council of europe’, and ‘visegrád group’)
(well known for its rich ‘cultural history’, ‘hungary’ has contributed significantly to ‘arts’, ‘music’, ‘literature’, ‘sports’, and ”science’ and ‘technology”)
(‘hungary’ is the 11th most popular country as a tourist destination in ‘europe’, attracting 14.3 million international tourists in ‘2015’)
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(it is home to the ‘largest thermal water cave system’, the ‘2nd largest thermal lake in the world’, the ‘largest lake in ‘central europe’, and the ‘largest natural grasslands’ in ‘europe’)
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