Official name: The Republic of Hungary Native name: Magyarország Capital city: Budapest Size: 93,000 km² Neighboring countries: Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine, Slovakia Population: 10 million Political system: multi-party democratic parliamentary republic Current Government: centre right coalition Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán Religion: Catholic, Hungarian Reform Church, sizable Jewish population in the capital Time zone: GMT +1 hour Climate:Hungary has a continental climate, with cold, cloudy, humid winters and warm to hot summers. Average annual temperature is 9.7 °C (49.5 °F). Temperature extremes are about 38 °C (100 °F) in the summer and −29 °C (−20 °F) in the winter. Average temperature in the summer is 27 to 32 °C (81 to 90 °F), and in the winter it is 0 to −15 °C
(32 to 5 °F). Official language: Hungarian Currency:Forint Flag: Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and green National holidays:New Year’s Day (1st January), National Holiday (15th March), Easter Monday, Labor Day (1st May), Whit Monday, National Holiday (20th August), National Holiday (23rd October) All Saints’ Day (1st November), Christmas (24th-26th December), New Year’s Eve (31st December)
