Geography & Travel
Hungary
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National anthem of Hungary
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Geography & Travel
- Hungarian:
- Magyarország
- Head Of Government:
- Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán
- Capital:
- Budapest
- Population:
- (2023 est.) 9,627,000
- Head Of State:
- President: Katalin Novák
- Form Of Government:
- unitary multiparty republic with one legislative house (National Assembly [199])
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Hungary, landlocked country of central Europe. The capital is Budapest. At the end of World War I, defeated Hungary lost 71 percent of its territory as a result of the Treaty of Trianon (1920). Since then, grappling with the loss of more than two-thirds of their territory and people, Hungarians have looked to a past that was greater than the present as their collective psyche suffered from the so-called “Trianon Syndrome.” The syndrome was widespread prior to 1945; it was suppressed during Soviet domination (1945–90); and it reemerged during independence in 1990, when it took on a different form. The ...(100 of 37110 words)