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Budapest

Budapest (pronounced /ˈbuːdəpɛst/ (deprecatit template), an aa /ˈbʊdəpɛst/, /ˈbjuːdəpɛst/; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt] ( listen); names in ither leids) is the caipital o Hungary.[4] As the lairgest ceety o Hungary, it serves as the kintra's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, an transportation centre.[5] In 2010, Budapest haed 1,721,556 indwallers,[6] doun frae its 1980 peak of 2.06 million. The Budapest Commuter Aurie is hame tae 3,271,110 fowk.[7][8] The ceety covers an aurie o 525 square kilometres (202.7 sq mi)[9] 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.[9][10]

Budapest
Ceety
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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.
Banner o Budapest
Banner
Coat o airms o Budapest
Coat airms
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
Location o Budapest in Hungary
Coordinates: 47°28′19″N 19°03′01″E / 47.47194°N 19.05028°E / 47.47194; 19.05028Coordinates: 47°28′19″N 19°03′01″E / 47.47194°N 19.05028°E / 47.47194; 19.05028
KintraHungary
RegionCentral Hungary
SubregionBudapesti
Unification o Buda, Pest an Óbuda17 November 1873
Boroughs
Govrenment
 • MayorGergely Karácsony
Area
 • Ceety525.16 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)[1][2][3]
 • Ceety1,744,665 Rise
 • Rank1st (8t in EU)
 • Density3323/km2 (8,610/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,551,247
 • Metro
3,284,110
Demonym(s)Budapester, budapesti (Hungarian)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code(s)
1011–1239
Aurie code1
ISO 3166 codeHU-BU
Websitebudapest.hu
touristinfo: [2]

Internaitional relations

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Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Hungary

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

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Budapest is twinned wi:[11][12][13]

Country Ceety Coonty / Destrict / Region / State Date
  Vienna Vienna 1990
  Sarajevo Sarajevo Canton 1995
  Sofia Sofia Ceety
  Cheenae (PRC) Beijing Beijing 2005[14]
  Zagreb Zagreb 1994[15]
  Paris Paris 1956
  Berlin Berlin 1992[16]
  Frankfurt am Main Hesse 1990
  Jakarta Jakarta Special Caipital Region 2009[17]
  Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Destrict 1989[18]
  Florence Tuscany 2008[19]
  Warsaw Masovian Voivodeship 2005[20]
  Lisbon Destrict o Lisbon 1992
  Bucharest Bucharest 1991
  Košice Košice Region 1997[21]
  Daejeon Daejeon 1994[22]
  Bangkok Bangkok 2007
  Lviv Ukraine 1993[23]
  Fort Worth Texas 1990[24]
  New York Ceety New York 1992[25]

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

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References

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  1. ↑ "Population by type of settlement - annually". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gazetteer of Hungary, Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Budapest City Review". Euromonitor International. December 2012. Retrieved 8 Mey 2014.
  4. ↑ Bachmann, Helena (18 Mairch 2002). "Beauty and the Feast". Time. Archived frae the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 22 Mey 2008. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ↑ "Budapest". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2008. Retrieved 30 Januar 2008.
  6. ↑ "Hungary by data 2009" (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 16 Julie 2010. Retrieved 17 Julie 2010.
  7. ↑ History of the Budapest Commuter Association (English)) Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Settlements of the Budapest Commuter Area (Hungarian) Archived 2006-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ a b Török, András. "Budapest". Encarta. Archived frae the original on 31 October 2009. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2008. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  10. ↑ Molnar, A Concise History of Hungary, Chronology pp. 15.
  11. ↑ "Sister City - Budapest". Official wabstide o New York Ceety. Archived frae the original on 21 Apryle 2008. Retrieved 14 Mey 2008. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ↑ "Sister cities of Budapest" (in Hungarian). Official Website of Budapest. Archived frae the original on 9 Mairch 2005. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ↑ "Who knows less about Budapest? A quiz with mayor candidates" (in Hungarian). Index. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ↑ "Sister Cities". Beijing Municipal Government. Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2010. Retrieved 23 Juin 2009.
  15. ↑ "Intercity and International Cooperation of the City of Zagreb". © 2006–2009 City of Zagreb. Archived frae the original on 7 Julie 2017. Retrieved 23 Juin 2009.
  16. ↑ "Berlin's international city relations". Berlin Mayor's Office. Archived frae the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 1 Julie 2009.
  17. ↑ "The Jakarta Post - Hungarian envoy builds new links with RI". The Jakarta Post.
  18. ↑ "Tel Aviv sister cities" (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality. Archived frae the original on 14 Februar 2009. Retrieved 1 Julie 2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  19. ↑ "Hízelgő a magyar fővárosnak: Firenze testvérvárosának fogadta". Népszabadság (in Hungarian). Ringier. 17 Mey 2008. Retrieved 30 Mey 2008. Cite has empty unkent parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  20. ↑ "Miasta partnerskie Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl. Biuro Promocji Miasta. 4 Mey 2005. Archived frae the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  21. ↑ "Partnership towns of the City of Košice" (in Slovak). © 2007-2009 City of Košice Magistrát mesta Košice, Tr. SNP 48/A, 040 11 Košice. Archived frae the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 12 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)
  22. ↑ Daejeon.kr Archived 2009-11-19 at the Wayback Machine Daejeon.kr Archived 2009-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ↑ [1] Archived 2010-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ↑ "Fort Worth Sister Cities". fwsistercities.org. Retrieved 17 Februar 2010.
  25. ↑ "NYC's Sister Cities". Sister City Program of the City of New York. 2006. Archived frae the original on 21 Mey 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
  26. ↑ "Kraków otwarty na świat". www.krakow.pl. Retrieved 19 Julie 2009.


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