Budapest | |
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Ceety | |
Frae top, left tae richt: view o the ceety wi the Danube River, lion guardin the Chain Bridge, Heroes' Square, the Parliament Building, Fisherman's Bastion, St. Stephen's Basilica, an a panorama frae Gellért Hill wi Buda Castle on the left. | |
Eik-name(s): Hert o Europe, Pearl o Danube, Caipital o Freedom, Caipital o Spas an Thermal Baths, Caipital o Festivals | |
Location o Budapest in Hungary | |
Coordinates: 47°28′19″N 19°03′01″E / 47.47194°N 19.05028°ECoordinates: 47°28′19″N 19°03′01″E / 47.47194°N 19.05028°E | |
Kintra | Hungary |
Region | Central Hungary |
Subregion | Budapesti |
Unification o Buda, Pest an Óbuda | 17 November 1873 |
Boroughs | 23 kerület
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Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Gergely Karácsony |
Area | |
• Ceety | 525.16 km2 (202.77 sq mi) |
• Urban | 2538 km2 (980 sq mi) |
• Metro | 7626 km2 (2,944 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 527 m (1,729 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
Population | |
• Ceety | 1,744,665 |
• Rank | 1st (8t in EU) |
• Density | 3323/km2 (8,610/sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,551,247 |
• Metro | 3,284,110 |
Demonym(s) | Budapester, budapesti (Hungarian) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code(s) | 1011–1239 |
Aurie code | 1 |
ISO 3166 code | HU-BU |
Website | budapest.hu touristinfo: [2] |
Budapest (pronounced /ˈbuːdəpɛst/ (deprecatit template), an aa /ˈbʊdəpɛst/, /ˈbjuːdəpɛst/; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt] ( listen); names in ither leids) is the caipital o Hungary.[4] As the lairgest ceety o Hungary, it serves as the kintra's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, an transportation centre.[5] In 2010, Budapest haed 1,721,556 indwallers,[6] doun frae its 1980 peak of 2.06 million. The Budapest Commuter Aurie is hame tae 3,271,110 fowk.[7][8] The ceety covers an aurie o 525 square kilometres (202.7 sq mi)[9] athin the ceety limits. Budapest became a single ceety occupyin baith banks of the river Danube wi a unification on 17 November 1873 o richt (wast)-bank Buda an Óbuda wi left (east)-bank Pest.[9][10]
Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Hungary |
Budapest is twinned wi:[11][12][13]
Country | Ceety | Coonty / Destrict / Region / State | Date |
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Vienna | Vienna | 1990 | |
Sarajevo | Sarajevo Canton | 1995 | |
Sofia | Sofia Ceety | ||
Cheenae (PRC) | Beijing | Beijing | 2005[14] |
Zagreb | Zagreb | 1994[15] | |
Paris | Paris | 1956 | |
Berlin | Berlin | 1992[16] | |
Frankfurt am Main | Hesse | 1990 | |
Jakarta | Jakarta Special Caipital Region | 2009[17] | |
Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv Destrict | 1989[18] | |
Florence | Tuscany | 2008[19] | |
Warsaw | Masovian Voivodeship | 2005[20] | |
Lisbon | Destrict o Lisbon | 1992 | |
Bucharest | Bucharest | 1991 | |
Košice | Košice Region | 1997[21] | |
Daejeon | Daejeon | 1994[22] | |
Bangkok | Bangkok | 2007 | |
Lviv | Ukraine | 1993[23] | |
Fort Worth | Texas | 1990[24] | |
New York Ceety | New York | 1992[25] |
Some o the ceety's destricts are an aa twinned tae smaw ceeties or destricts o ither big ceeties, for details see the airticle Leet o deestricts an touns in Budapest.