European domains: Hungary (.hu)

Restrictions: Hungarian domains, Open to persons and companies in Hungary or the European Union

.hu is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Hungary. Registrations are processed via accredited registrars.

Background Information :

Population

2008 February estimate 10,034,000 (79th) - 2001 census 10,198,315 - Density 109/km2 (94th) 282/sq mi

GDP

(PPP) 2007 estimate - Total $191.453 billion (43th) - Per capita $19,019 (IMF) (39th)

National Anthem

Himnusz ("God, bless the Hungarians")

Area

Total 93,030 km2 (109th) 35,919 sq mi - Water (%) 0.74%

International Dialling Code

36

Currency

Forint (HUF)

Population type

95% Magyar, 2% Roma, 3% other minority groups

Government

Parliamentary republic - President Lszl Slyom - Prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsny Foundation - Foundation of Hungary 896 - Recognized as Kingdom - First king: Stephen I of Hungary December 1000 - Currently 3rd Republic October 23, 1989 EU

Language

Hungarian (Magyar)

Motto

: none Historically Cum Deo pro Patria et Libertate (Latin, With the help of God for Homeland and Freedom) or Regnum Mariae Patronae Hungariae (Latin, Kingdom of Mary, the Patron of Hungary)

Time Zone

CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Date formatsyyyy.mm.dd, yyyy.mm.dd (CE). Hungary, officially in English the Republic of Hungary, is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered y Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU and is a Schengen state. The official language is Hungarian (or, in Hungarian, Magyar), which, according to some, is part of the Finno-Ugric family, while other theories relate it to Central Asian or Middle Eastern languages. It is one of the four official languages of the European Union that is not of Indo-European origin.

Following a Celtic (after c. 450 BC) and a Roman (9 BC c. 4th century) period, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late Ninth Century by the Magyar chieftain, whose great grandson Stephen I of Hungary ascended to the throne with a rown sent from Rome in 1000. The Kingdom of Hungary existed with interruptions for 946 years, and at various points was regarded as one of the cultural centers of the Western world (Charles I, Louis I, Matthias Corvinus). A significant power until the 1910s, Hungary lost over to-thirds of its territory (along with 3.3 million ethnic Hungarians) due to the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, the terms of which have been considered harsh, and even humiliating by Hungarians. The kingdom was succeeded by a Communist era (1947 - 1989) during which Hungary gained widespread international attention regarding the Revolution of 1956 and the seminal move of opening its border with Austria in 1989, thus accelerating the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. The present form of government is parliamentary republic (since 1989). Today, Hungary is a high-income economy, and a regional leader regarding certain markers. Its current goal is to become a developed country by IMF standards.

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