Hungary

Hungary

Hungary ranks 28th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Australia, Denmark, and Switzerland. Memorable people born in present day Hungary include Martin of Tours, Ferenc Puskás, and Elizabeth Báthory. Memorable people who died in Hungary include Suleiman the Magnificent, Ferenc Puskás, and Louis II of Hungary. Hungary has been the birth place of many politicians 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 9.7 million, mostly ethnic Hungarians and a significant Romani minority. Hungarian, the official language, is the world's most widely spoken Uralic language and among the few non-Indo-European languages widely spoken in Europe. Budapest is the country's capital and largest city; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs, and Győr. Read more on Wikipedia