HUNGARY

Capital
Budapest

Continent
Central Europe

GEOGRAPHY

• Matra Hills
• Tisza River
• Danube River
• Land area 93,028 square km
• Highest point 1,014m
• Lowest point 78m
• 250 km South to North
• 524 km East to West

Food
Goulash
-national dish

Lángos
-Traditional favorite

Somlói Galuska
-Famous dessert

Halászlé
-fisherman’s soup

INTERESTING PLACES

• Eger - the Eger castle
• Miskolc - caves
• Tihany - Valcanoes
• Veszprém - zoos (different animals?)

CLIMATE

• Warm dry summers
• Fairly cold winters

Festivals
Balaton Sound- Five days of partying at lake Balaton
VOLT- Modern day food trucks and bungee jumping Strand Festival- Thirty seconds to Mars is the band that plays at this event

Famous People
Harry Houdini- magician
Frank Liszt- pianist
Noemi Ban- author
George Soros- entrepreneur
Zsa Zsa Gabor- actor

Common Animals
Heavily bird populated
400 species
Bee eater
Roller
Avocet

More Common Animals
Dogs
Komondor
Pumi dog
Transylvanian hound
Kuvasz

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Historical Events
1241.
The Mongolian Tatars invaded and devastated the country.

1000 A.D.
King Stephen of the Árpád dynasty converted to Christianity. After his death, he was canonized.

896 A.D.
The Hungarian tribes, under the leadership of Árpád, settled the Carpathian Basin after driving out some of the inhabitants.

Culture
Traditional Folk crafts
Embroidery, carving, pottery

FUN FACTS

• Create noiseless products
• Population 1.709 million
• Oldest country in Europe