Budapest
Budapest (pronounced /ˈbuːdəpɛst/ (deprecatit template), an aa /ˈbʊdəpɛst/, /ˈbjuːdəpɛst/; Hungarian pronunciation: ( listen); names in ither leids) is the caipital o Hungary.
As the lairgest ceety o Hungary, it serves as the kintra's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, an transportation centre. In 2010, Budapest haed 1,721,556 indwallers, doun frae its 1980 peak of 2.06 million. The Budapest Commuter Aurie is hame tae 3,271,110 fowk. The ceety covers an aurie o 525 square kilometres (202.7 sq mi) 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.
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. | |
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| 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°E 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 (2014) | |
| • 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] |
Internaitional relations
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Budapest is twinned wi:
| Country | Ceety | Coonty / Destrict / Region / State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Vienna | Vienna | 1990 |
 | Sarajevo | Sarajevo Canton | 1995 |
 | Sofia | Sofia Ceety | |
 Cheenae (PRC) | Beijing | Beijing | 2005 |
 | Zagreb | Zagreb | 1994 |
 | Paris | Paris | 1956 |
 | Berlin | Berlin | 1992 |
| | Frankfurt am Main | Hesse | 1990 |
 | Jakarta | Jakarta Special Caipital Region | 2009 |
 | Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv Destrict | 1989 |
 | Florence | Tuscany | 2008 |
 | Warsaw | Masovian Voivodeship | 2005 |
 | Lisbon | Destrict o Lisbon | 1992 |
 | Bucharest | Bucharest | 1991 |
 | Košice | Košice Region | 1997 |
 | Daejeon | Daejeon | 1994 |
 | Bangkok | Bangkok | 2007 |
 | Lviv | Ukraine | 1993 |
 | Fort Worth | Texas | 1990 |
| | New York Ceety | New York | 1992 |
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.
Pairtnerships
References
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