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Title: The Country of Hungary


1
The Country of Hungary
2
Location
  • Budapest is a state capital.
  • Belton is a famous lake.
  • Debrecen is near the Great Alfold.
  • Kecskemet is a famous state.

3
Population
  • Hungary has been a member of the Hungarian
    European Union since 2004.
  • Hungarys area is 93,000 sq kms with a
    population of 10 million.
  • The city of Budapest 1.82 million people
  • The primary language in Hungary is Hungarian, but
    lot of Hungarians English and/or German.
  • Major trading partners are Germany, Austria,
    Italy and Russia.

4
Sports
  • Hungarian people are not typical fans of are
    sports. Hungarian sports are Boating,
    sailing/mountain biking and soccer are popular
    sports, they will play football, basketball and
    baseball but not very much.
  • Albert, Florian is a professional soccer player,
    Nagy, Charles is a professional baseball player
    and Strojko,
  • Elvis is a professional ice dancer.
  • Famous American athletes came from Hungarian.

5
Climate
  • The temperatures in Hungary vary from 28 degrees
    to 22 degrees.
  • The average yearly rainfall is about sixty four
    centimeters in Hungary.
  • By the 1980s the county side was beginning to
    show the effects of pollution both from
    herbicides used in agriculture and from
    industrial pollutants.
  • The western part of the country usually receives
    more rain than the eastern part of the country.

6
Famous People
  • Alanis Morrisette, singer and a songwriter,
    winner of 7grammy awards grew up in Canada but
    her roots are in Hungary
  • Jerry Seinfelds (actor and comedian) father was
    Hungarian
  • Gabor Szabo is one of the most original and
    outstanding improvisational guitarist of the 20th
    century and hails from Budapest
  • Drew Barrymores mother, Ildiko Jaid Mako was
    also an actress, born in Hungary

7
Major Cities
  • Budapest is one of the larges cities.
  • Budapest consists of three cities Obuda, Buda
    and Pest.
  • Obuda is the place to see excavated ruins of the
    2,000 year-old Roman city of Aquincum.
  • Residence of Hungarian kings for 700 years.

8
Government
  • Lajos Molnár talked to the press about the bill
    on waiting lists.
  • While the ministries are still working on their
    budgets, the chapter totals are being elaborated
    now and the government will present a budget in
    October 31, 2007.
  • We gave up our hope and conviction that there is
    only one Hungary, that we can respect one
    another.
  • When defined in detail, these packages will make
    patient care smoother and their spending easier
    to budget.

9
Flag
  • The colors of the flag mean something Red stands
    for hardiness, bravery, strength and valor.
    White stands for peace and honest . Green stands
    for hope, joy and love.
  • The flag of Hungary is important to the state.

10
Economy
  • The Government of Hungary doesnt require IMF
    financial assistance and has repaid all of its
    debt to the fund.
  • Prior to the change of regime in 1989, 65 of
    Hungarys trade was with the Comecon countries.
  • The private sector accounts over 80 of GDP.
  • The Antall government of 1990-1994 began market
    reforms with price and traded liberation
    measures.

11
Schools
  • They learn different spelling in school.
  • They learn Christ at school.
  • They preserve several early Hungarian records in
    the official Latin text.
  • The great ecclesiastic revival changed the
    connection between European and Hungarian
    education.

12
Culture/Langesuags
  • There fire department number is different then
    ours theres fire department number is 105 ours
    is 911 for police and fire department.
  • There language has German and English.
  • The language has 98.2 Hungarian and 1.8 of
    others.
  • There culture is mixed with Magyars, German, and
    Roma.

13
National Anthem
  • Kolesey who wrote independent Hungarian part.
  • Hungarian has a national anthem poem in the 7th
    century when Hungarian was torn into three
    parts.
  • That Hungarian the national anthem ones in
    Spanish.
  • That Hungarian Himnusz means anthem in Hungarian.

14
Holidays
  • Womens day is a day men to women give flowers.
  • Mothers day is celebrated in Hungary also.
  • Valentines day is celebrated in Hungary. We also
    have Valentines day in February.
  • Childrens day is a day parents take their child
    on a special outing. We dont have this holiday,
    but I wish we did.

15
Current Events
  • Hungarians set Guinness records in non-stop
    basketball 60 hours non-stop.
  • Hungary celebrated its 50th anniversary of its
    anti soviet uprising.
  • 100 year old fine arts museum welcomes 500,000th
    visitors.
  • Customs agents in Hungary confiscated over 25
    tons of fake washing powder across the country
    .Most where actually table salt

16
Currency
  • The Hungarian forint is the official currency of
    Hungary.
  • The forint was introduced in August 1 1946.
  • The name of the forint ironically comes from
    Florence, where golden money was minted from
    1252.
  • Since 1995, Hungry has pegged the forint against
    a basket of currencies in which the US dollar
    is 30.

17
Natural Resources
  • They use hay to feed there animal
  • The cattle is raised to eat.
  • The water is used to drink .
  • They use trees to build houses.
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