Hungary

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[featured]After three decades of "Goulash Communism," Hungary has emerged as the most exciting country from the[/featured] "Other Europe," It is a land of martyrs and monuments, of piquant foods and full-bodied wines, of Turkish mineral baths and medieval towns, and a history that is just as diverse as it is rich, where Tartars, Magyars, gypsies and others have melted into a landscape that is at once wild and beguiling and as memorable as the "paprika that burns twice."

Hungary is situated in east-central Europe, with Budapest as its capital and the Danube as its principal and most famous river. It has a population of approximately 10 million, nearly two million of whom live in the capital city.

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[featured]After three decades of "Goulash Communism," Hungary has emerged as the most exciting country from the[/featured] "Other Europe." It is a land of martyrs and monuments, of piquant foods and full-bodied wines, of Turkish mineral baths and medieval towns, and a history that is just as diverse as it is rich, where Tartars, Magyars, gypsies and others have melted into a landscape that is at once wild and beguiling and as memorable as the "paprika that burns twice."

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Capital

Budapest

Area

93,030 sq km (35,919 sq mi)

Population

10,005,000 (2010)

Language

Hungarian

Currency

Forint (Ft) HUF

Phone Code

+36

Gross Domestic Product

$185.873 billion (2009)

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