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Formal Name	Hungary
Capital	Budapest
Main Cities	Debrecen, Miskolc, Szeged, Pécs
Official Language	Hungarian
Currency	Forint (HUF)
Dialling Code	+36
Emergency Number	112
Time Zone	UTC/GMT +1
Daylight Savings Time	+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Units of Measure	Metric system
Electricity	230 volts; frequency of 50 hertz. Plug types C and F
Government	Parliamentary democracy
Population	9,958,453 (July 2012 est.)
Climate	Temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers
Land Surface	89,608 sq Km
Coastline	0 Km (landlocked)
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