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Budapest (, ;
Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt] ⓘ) is the
capital and
most populous city of
Hungary. It is the
ninth-largest city in the
European Union by population within city limits and the
largest city on the
Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about 525 square kilometres (203 square miles). Budapest, which is both a
city and
county, forms the centre of the
Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres (2,944 square miles) and a population of 3,303,786. It is a
primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. (
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