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Hungary’s demography and geography
Facts and figures
Official name: Hungary
Area: 93.030 sq km
Population: 2014 estimate -9,877,365
Population density: around 110 per sq km
around 70 % of the Hungarian population live in towns
Capital city: Budapest, area 525 sq km
Time: GMT + 1 hour
Daylight saving time: last weekend of March to last weekend of October
Official language: Hungarian
Look at the map of Europe. Hungary is a small landlocked country in the heart of Europe, in the Carpathian Basin. The greatest distance from North to South is 268 km, from East to West 528 km. The climate is temperate with four distinct seasons – spring, summer, autumn, winter – with minimum temperature –10 C and maximum 20-30 C. The country is fairly protected from environmental pollution.
Geographically, the country is divided into two parts by one of the largest rivers of Europe, the Danube. The Danube also divides the capital city, Budapest which is one of the world’s finest capital cities, the “Pearl of the Danube”, whose wonderful panorama is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The other river flowing through Hungary is called Tisza that is one of the main rivers of Central Europe.
Lake Balaton, the so-called “Hungarian Sea” - the largest and warmest lake in Central Europe - is in the western part of the country, in Transdanubia (Dunántúl).
The lowest point of Hungary is at the Tisza river (75 m), the highest point is Kékes Mountain.
Latest news
More than twenty-five years ago, a research initiative on methane was launched in Szeged, opening entirely new perspectives on how inflammatory processes can be treated. Today, methane – once dismissed as an inert atmospheric bystander – is emerging as a surprising ally in the fight against inflammation. Building on this long-running work, Professor Dr. Mihály Boros and his team are now exploring methane’s biological effects in research that may reshape how we understand and treat inflammatory diseases. We spoke with Professor Boros about the discoveries emerging from their project, supported by HU-rizon, an international research-excellence program funded by Hungary’s National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office).
The University of Szeged has reached another major milestone: on September 12, Prof. Dr. Daniel Kendoff – a world-renowned orthopedic and trauma surgeon, specialist in robot-assisted surgery, and Director of the ENDO Clinic in Berlin – performed the first CORI robot-assisted hip replacement surgery at the Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedics at SZTE’s Clinical Center. This was the first time such an operation was carried out within the framework of the publicly funded healthcare system in Hungary.
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