Hungary

Hungary

Question # 1 What are some cities and places in Hungary?

Cities

People

Budapest

1.8 million

Debrecen

200,000

Miskolc

170,000

Szeged

160,000

Pecs

160,000

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hu.html http://www.geonames.org/HU/largest-cities-in-hungary.html

http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/hungary-population/

The population of Hungary is falling.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hu.html

The Danube river in Budapest

Lake Balaton in the Western part of Hungary is almost 80 kilometres long and is the biggest lake in central Europe.

It is known as the “Magyar tenger�, the Hungarian sea. https://www.budapestwatersummit.hu/sustainability-and-inspirations/kaleidoscope/the-summer-and-winter-looks-of-lake-balaton-578/ http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/19/travel/things-to-know-hungary/

Question # 2 How is the political system in Hungary?

Hungary is divided administratively into 19 megyĂŠk = counties.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Hungary https://www.britannica.com/place/Hungary/Government-and-society

There are 199 members of the Hungarian Parliament, Országgyűlés.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Hungary

When elections are held every 4 years in Hungary, Hungarian Parliament members elect a Prime Minister following a proposal from The President of Hungary.

http://www.kormany.hu/en/hungary/the-hungarian-state/the-government-and-commissioners/the-government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Hungary

In Hungary, women have the same legal rights as men, but they face employment discrimination.

Only 10% of the Hungarian parliament members are women - the lowest percentage in Europe. https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2016/hungary http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2015/economies/#economy=HUN

Hungary scores very high on masculinity

http://geert-hofstede.com/hungary.html

Question # 3 What are some great innovations by Hungarians?

All people in Hungary over 15 years of age can read and write.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hu.html

The key language spoken in Hungary is known as Magyar. It has only two related languages in Europe: Finnish and Estonian.

https://academicexchange.wordpress.com/2014/05/15/25-interesting-facts-about-hungary/

At http://szatyorbolt.hu/ you can buy food, beverages and cleaning products that are made in environmentally responsible ways.

https://www.vayable.com/experiences/3224-budapest-design-tour

https://www.triip.me/hungary/szeged/discover-szeged-by-tandem-12694/

Oskar Asboth, a Hungarian engineer, invented the helicopter.

https://matadornetwork.com/abroad/7-things-were-guessing-you-didnt-know-about-hungary/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oszk%C3%A1r_Asboth

Andy Grove, legendary leader of www.intel.com, was born Andrรกs Grรณf in Budapest, Hungary, in 1936.

When he was 8 years old, the Nazis invaded Hungary and sent 500,000 Jews to concentration camps. In his memoirs, Grove recounts assuming a false identity along with his mother, and being hidden away by friends until the occupation ended.

During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he escaped to Austria and then America. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in New York, Grove came to California, where he earned a PhD in 1963 from the University of California at Berkeley. http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/21/11280004/andy-grove-intel-ceo-dies

The purpose of http://www.igonavigation.com/ is to make navigation, rich local content and location based services enjoyable and accessible to everyone at a competitive price.

https://hungarian-success-stories.com/2013/04/12/world-class-navigation-solutions-by-nng/

The Hungarian man, Erno Rubik, professor of architecture, developed the cube.

The use and popularity of Rubik’s cubes grew internationally, when mathematicians took cubes to international conferences and when a Hungarian entrepreneur took the cube to the Nuremberg Toy Fair in 1979. It was at there that Tom Kremer, a toy specialist, agreed to sell it to the rest of the world. https://eu.rubiks.com/about/the-history-of-the-rubiks-cube