FACTS

Location: Central Europe, northwest of Romania

Area (only Total) total: 93,030 sq km

Climate: temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers

Terrain: mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border

Population: 9,930,915 (July 2008 est.)

Main Language (only first): Hungarian

Government type: parliamentary democracy

Capital (Name): Budapest

Capital (Time Difference): UTC+1

Independence: 25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date)

National holiday: Saint Stephen's Day, 20 August

HOLIDAYS

January 1 New Year's Day

March 15 National Day

March 23 Easter Day

March 24 Easter Monday

May 1 Labour Day

May 11 Whit Sunday

October 23 National Day

November 1 All Saints Day

December 25 Christmas Day

December 26 Boxing Day

Non-Holiday Observances

August 20 St. Stephen of Hungary

Weekend - Saturday, Sunday.