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Introduction

Hungary (in Hungarian, Magyarország), republic, in central Europe, bordered on the north by Slovakia; on the north-east by Ukraine; on the east by Romania; on the south by Serbia (part of Serbia and Montenegro), Croatia, and Slovenia; and on the west by Austria. The total area of Hungary is 93,030 sq km (35,919 sq mi).

Hungary is somewhat oval in shape, with an extreme length from east to west of about 528 km (328 mi) and a maximum width from north to south of about 267 km (166 mi). The capital and largest city is Budapest.