Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) of the Carpathian Basin, it is surrounded by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the eastern as well as southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and also Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. Hungary has a populace of nearly 10 million, mainly ethnic Hungarians and a significant Romani minority.

Hungarian, the main language, is the globe’s most commonly talked Uralic language as well as among minority non-Indo-European languages extensively spoken in Europe. Budapest is the nation’s capital and also biggest city; various other significant city areas consist of Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs and Győr.

The territory of present-day Hungary has for centuries been a crossroads for numerous individuals, including Celts, Romans, Germanic tribes, Huns, West Slavs and also the Avars. The structure of the Hungarian state was developed in the late 9th century AD with the occupation of the Carpathian Container by Hungarian grand prince Árpád. His great-grandson Stephen I rose the throne in 1000, transforming his realm to a Christian kingdom.

By the 12th century, Hungary became a regional power, reaching its social and also political height in the 15th century. Adhering to the Fight of Mohács in 1526, it was partly inhabited by the Ottoman Empire (1541– 1699). Hungary came under Habsburg guideline at the turn of the 18th century, later accompanying the Austrian Realm to develop Austria-Hungary, a major power into the early 20th century.

Austria-Hungary fell down after World War I, as well as the succeeding Treaty of Trianon developed Hungary’s existing borders, resulting in the loss of 71% of its region, 58% of its populace, as well as 32% of ethnic Hungarians. Following the troubled interwar duration, Hungary joined the Axis Powers in World War II, enduring substantial damage and also casualties. Postwar Hungary came to be a satellite state of the Soviet Union, causing the establishment of the Hungarian Individuals’s Republic.

Complying with the fallen short 1956 revolution, Hungary became a fairly freer, though still repressive, participant of the Eastern Bloc. The removal of Hungary’s boundary fence with Austria increased the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, and also consequently the Soviet Union. On 23 October 1989, Hungary once more ended up being an autonomous parliamentary republic. Hungary joined the European Union in 2004 and has become part of the Schengen Area because 2007.

Hungary is a middle power in worldwide events, owing mainly to its social and also economic impact. It is considered a developed country with a high-income economic situation as well as places 40th in the Human Growth Index, with citizens appreciating global healthcare and also free-tuition second education and learning. Hungary has a lengthy background of considerable payments to arts, music, literature, sports, science and also innovation. It is the thirteenth-most popular tourist destination in Europe, attracting 15.8 million global vacationers in 2017. It belongs to numerous international organisations, consisting of the EU, the Council of Europe, NATO, United Nations, WHO, WTO, World Financial Institution, IIB, the AIIB, and the Visegrád Group.