HUNGARY

Official Name: Republic of Hungary
Founder: King I. István, in the year 895 th.
Location: Midle-East Europe
Area: 93 000 square kilometers
Population: 10 million
Language: hungarian
Capital: Budapest ( 2 million habitant)
Major cities: Debrecen (214.000) , Miskolc ( 194.000 ) Szeged ( 175.000) , Pécs ( 170.000 ) Gyor (129.000)
Main rivers: Duna, Tisza

Higher mountains: Mátra, Kékes, 1004 meters (Nord-East region)
Currency: Forint (1 euro=260 Ft)
Climate: warm summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters with 1-2 month snow
National foods&drinks: porkchops, gulasch, paprika chiken, potatoe, delisious Hungarian wines
Hungaricum: Thermal Bathes, wine Tokaji, red hot paprika, the strong cafe espresso and the biggest sweet water lake Balaton.
Education system: basic level education takes eight years, than higher education system is mixed, under changing to Bologna system
Total GDP: 20 thousend billion Ft (1 Ft = 260 Ft)
Unemployment rate: 7,2% (2006)
Religion: Roman-Catholic (64,1 %), Protestant ( 23,3 %), Jewis ( 0,9%) Orthodox (0,5 %) Others( 11,2 % )

Economy shares:
Services: 40 %
Industry 32 %
Agriculture: 12 %

Car market:
160.000 new passanger cars (2008)
19.000 new light comercial vehicle cars (2008)
580.000 used cars (2008)

Car industry: The first hungarian steam car was built by György Preiner, in 1875, the first 4 stroke engine was built by Janos Csonka, in 1883, the first petrol engine drived Tricikli and the first bus were launched in 1900. The mass production of cars began in 1905.
In the year 2008 more than 100 thousend people work in hungarian car industry, average wage is 700 EUR monthly in this sector. Based on 2007, this sector accounts for 14% of 2650 billions HUF domestic industry and for one-quarter of total export of the country.

Significant car companies of the country:
Audi Hungaria, Gyor , West-Hungary A3 Cabriolet, TT Coupé, Roadster, 60.000 car and 2,9 million engine (2008)
Magyar Suzuki, Esztergom Nord Hungary , 300.000 Splas, Swift, SX4, ,Fiat Sedici & Ople Agila (2008)
GM Powertrain, Szentgotthárd, West Hungary , 440.000 engine (2008)