page_title: Outline of Hungary
section_title: Environment of Hungary
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Hungary / Geography of Hungary / Environment of Hungary
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Hungary:
  Hungary – landlocked sovereign country located in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordering Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU and a Schengen state. The official language is Hungarian, which forms part of the Uralic family. It is one of the four official languages of the European Union that is not of Indo-European origin.
  Following a Celtic and a Roman period, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late Ninth Century by the Magyar chieftain Árpád, whose great grandson István ascended to the throne with a crown sent from Rome in 1000. The Kingdom of Hungary existed with minor interruptions for more than 900 years, and at various points was regarded as one of the cultural centers of the Western world. It was succeeded by a Communist era during which Hungary gained widespread international attention regarding the Revolution of 1956 and the seminal move of opening its border with Austria in 1989, thus accelerating the collapse of the Eastern Bloc.
context_section_description: Climate of Hungary
  Renewable energy in Hungary
  Geology of Hungary
  Protected areas of Hungary
  Biosphere reserves in Hungary
  National parks of Hungary
  Wildlife of Hungary
  Fauna of Hungary
  Birds of Hungary
  Mammals of Hungary
caption: An enlargeable satellite image of Hungary
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