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Central Hungary

Central consists of only one county, Pest County. Budapest, the capital of the country, is the administrative center of the county, but constitutes a separate territorial unit.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Budapest and Belváros.

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is the capital city of . With a unique, youthful atmosphere, world-class classical music scene, a pulsating nightlife increasingly appreciated among European youth, and last but not least, an exceptional offer of natural thermal baths, is one of Europe's most delightful and enjoyable cities.

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or Downtown is the V. District of . It consists of two historic neighbourhoods with well-defined borders within the V. District - Lipótváros in the north includes the Parliament and many governmental buildings, Szent István Basilica and some museums, while the southern part is mostly high-class accommodations, shops and nightlife area.

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is in . This article describes the outer part of the 1st district, which includes parts of Gellérthegy, Krisztinaváros, Tabán and .

Destinations to Discover

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is in Central Hungary. It surrounds the national capital Budapest, but does not include it. About 2/3 of the county's population of 1.3 million live in the suburbs of Budapest.

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is a curve of the in and gives its name to this entire region.

Central Hungary

Latitude of center
47.4198° or 47° 25′ 11″ north
Longitude of center
19.3537° or 19° 21′ 13″ east
Population
2,930,000
Open­Street­Map ID
node 775498609
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q852742
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Central Hungary” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركز المجر”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mərkəzi Macarıstan”
  • Basque: “Erdialdeko Hungaria”
  • Bavarian: “Middlungarn”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральная Венгрыя”
  • Bengali: “মধ্য হাঙ্গেরি”
  • Catalan: “Hongria Central”
  • Chinese: “中匈牙利大區”
  • Chinese: “匈牙利中部”
  • Chinese: “匈牙利中部地區”
  • Chinese: “明鏡線上”
  • Chinese: “明鏡週刊網路版”
  • Chinese: “明镜在线”
  • Croatian: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Croatian: “Središnja Mađarska”
  • Czech: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Czech: “Střední Maďarsko”
  • Danish: “Central Ungarn”
  • Danish: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Dutch: “Centraal-Hongarije”
  • Dutch: “Central Hungary”
  • Esperanto: “Meza Hungario”
  • Estonian: “Kesk-Ungari”
  • French: “Hongrie centrale”
  • French: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Galician: “Hungría central”
  • German: “Mittelungarn”
  • Greek: “Κεντρική Ουγγαρία”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז הונגריה”
  • Hungarian: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Icelandic: “Mið-Ungverjaland”
  • Italian: “Ungheria centrale”
  • Italian: “Ungheria Centrale”
  • Japanese: “セントラル”
  • Japanese: “ハンガリー・セントラル”
  • Macedonian: “Централна Унгарија”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sentral-Ungarn”
  • Norwegian: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Persian: “مجارستان مرکزی”
  • Polish: “Węgry Centralne”
  • Quechua: “Chawpi Unriya”
  • Quechua: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Pesta”
  • Romanian: “Ungaria Centrală”
  • Russian: “Центральная Венгрия”
  • Serbian: “Centralna Mađarska”
  • Serbian: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Serbian: “Централна Мађарска регија”
  • Serbian: “Централна Мађарска”
  • Slovenian: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Slovenian: “Osrednja Madžarska”
  • Spanish: “Hungria Central”
  • Spanish: “Hungría Central”
  • Spanish: “Kozep Magyarorszag”
  • Spanish: “Kozép Magyarorszag”
  • Spanish: “Kozép Magyarország”
  • Spanish: “Közep Magyarorszag”
  • Spanish: “Közep Magyarország”
  • Spanish: “Közép Magyarorszag”
  • Spanish: “Közép Magyarország”
  • Spanish: “Kozep-Magyarorszag”
  • Spanish: “Kozép-Magyarorszag”
  • Spanish: “Kozép-Magyarország”
  • Spanish: “Közep-Magyarország”
  • Spanish: “Közép-Magyarorszag”
  • Spanish: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Swedish: “Közép-Magyarország”
  • Swedish: “Mellersta Ungern”
  • Turkish: “Orta Macaristan”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна Угорщина”
  • Welsh: “Canolbarth Hwngari”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Central Hungary”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.