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Friday, 06 April 2007 |
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Budapest (approximate pronunciation, Boo-duh-pesht) is the capital city of Hungary and the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial and transportation center. The official language spoken is Hungarian. Budapest has approximately 2 million inhabitants, down from a mid-1980s peak of 2.1 million. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the amalgamation on 17 November 1873 of right-bank (west) Buda and Óbuda (Old Buda) together with Pest on the left (east) bank. It is the ninth most populous city in the European Union.
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