Hungary

Hungary

Hungary ranks 24th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Argentina, Australia, and South Korea. Memorable people born in present day Hungary include Martin of Tours, Ferenc Puskás, and Theodor Herzl. Memorable people who died in Hungary include Suleiman the Magnificent, Ferenc Puskás, and Stephen I of Hungary. Hungary has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players.

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary has a population of 9.5 million, mostly ethnic Hungarians and a significant Romani minority. Hungarian, a language belonging to the Ugric branch of the Uralic language family, is the official language, and Budapest is the country's capital and largest city. Read more on Wikipedia