Hungary
Central Europe
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About
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, both Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary lies within the Danube River's drainage basin, and is dominated by great lowland plains. It has a population of over 9.5 million, consisting mostly of ethnic Hungarians (Magyars) and a significant Romani minority. Hungarian is the official language, and among the few in Europe outside the Indo-European family. Budapest is the country's capital and its largest city, and the dominant cultural and economic centre.
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History
The national flag of Hungary, also known as the Red-White-Green, is an equal horizontal tricolour of red, white and green. In this exact form, it has been the official flag of Hungary since 23 May 1957. The flag's form originates from national republican movements of the 18th and 19th centuries, while its colours are from the Middle Ages. The current Hungarian flag is similar to the 1816 version of the British republican tricolour, differing only in the shades used. The colours in that form were also already used since at least the coronation of Leopold II in 1790, predating the first use of the Cispadane Republic's tricolour in 1797. Following the removal of the coat of arms in 1957, it became one of only three flags of a socialist state in Europe to not incorporate socialist symbolism, alongside the Polish and Czechoslovak flags.
Design & symbolism
The colours of the flag of Hungary are defined in Hungarian Standard MSZ 1361:2009:
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