Budapest

Budapest
Ceety
Frae top, left tae richt: view o the ceety wi the Danube River, lion guardin the Chain Bridge, Heroes' Square, the Parliament Building, Fisherman's Bastion, St. Stephen's Basilica, an a panorama frae Gellért Hill wi Buda Castle on the left.
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Eik-name(s):  Hert o Europe, Pearl o Danube, Caipital o Freedom, Caipital o Spas an Thermal Baths, Caipital o Festivals
Location o Budapest in Hungary
Coordinates: 47°28′19″N 19°03′01″E / 47.47194°N 19.05028°E / 47.47194; 19.05028Coordinates: 47°28′19″N 19°03′01″E / 47.47194°N 19.05028°E / 47.47194; 19.05028
Kintra	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
Subregion	Budapesti
Unification o Buda, Pest an Óbuda	17 November 1873
Boroughs	23 kerület Várkerület II. kerület Óbuda-Békásmegyer Újpest Belváros-Lipótváros Terézváros Erzsébetváros Józsefváros Ferencváros Kőbánya Újbuda Hegyvidék XIII. kerület Zugló XV. kerület XVI. kerület Rákosmente Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre Kispest Pesterzsébet Csepel Budafok-Tétény Soroksár
Govrenment
• Mayor	Gergely Karácsony
Area
• Ceety	525.16 km2 (202.77 sq mi)
• Urban	2538 km2 (980 sq mi)
• Metro	7626 km2 (2,944 sq mi)
Highest elevation	527 m (1,729 ft)
Lowest elevation	96 m (315 ft)
Population  (2014)[1][2][3]
• Ceety	1,744,665
• Rank	1st (8t in EU)
• Density	3323/km2 (8,610/sq mi)
• Urban	2,551,247
• Metro	3,284,110
Demonym(s)	Budapester, budapesti (Hungarian)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code(s)	1011–1239
Aurie code	1
ISO 3166 code	HU-BU
Website	budapest.hu touristinfo: [1]

Budapest (pronounced /ˈbuːdəpɛst/ ^{(deprecatit template)}, an aa /ˈbʊdəpɛst/, /ˈbjuːdəpɛst/; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt] ( listen); names in ither leids) is the caipital o Hungary.^[4] As the lairgest ceety o Hungary, it serves as the kintra's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, an transportation centre.^[5] In 2010, Budapest haed 1,721,556 indwallers,^[6] doun frae its 1980 peak of 2.06 million. The Budapest Commuter Aurie is hame tae 3,271,110 fowk.^[7][8] The ceety covers an aurie o 525 square kilometres (202.7 sq mi)^[9] athin the ceety limits. Budapest became a single ceety occupyin baith banks of the river Danube wi a unification on 17 November 1873 o richt (wast)-bank Buda an Óbuda wi left (east)-bank Pest.^[9][10]

1. ↑ "Population by type of settlement - annually". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
2. ↑ "Gazetteer of Hungary, Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 2 October 2013.
3. ↑ "Budapest City Review". Euromonitor International. December 2012. Retrieved 8 Mey 2014.
4. ↑ Bachmann, Helena (18 Mairch 2002). "Beauty and the Feast". Time. Archived frae the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 22 Mey 2008. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
5. ↑ "Budapest". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2008. Retrieved 30 Januar 2008.
6. ↑ "Hungary by data 2009" (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 16 Julie 2010. Retrieved 17 Julie 2010.
7. ↑ History of the Budapest Commuter Association (English)) Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
8. ↑ Settlements of the Budapest Commuter Area (Hungarian) Archived 2006-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
9. ↑ ^{a b} Török, András. "Budapest". Encarta. Archived frae the original on 31 October 2009. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2008. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
10. ↑ Molnar, A Concise History of Hungary, Chronology pp. 15.