HUNGARY

LOCATION: Carpathian Basin In the middle of Eastern Europe AREA: Kmq Landlocked country

BORDERS North: Slovakia East: Romania South: Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia West: Austria

It is divided in 19 regions called COUNTIES. CAPITAL: Budapest, independent from the County Government.

CLIMATE MEDITERRANEAN CONTINENTAL ATLANTIC

LAND GREAT 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 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

SPORT In 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