Budapest
Capital and largest city of Hungary
Also known as Buda Pest · Buda-Pest · Budapešť · Budapesta · Budapeszt · Buda
- Country
- Hungary(since 1989)
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- , Kingdom of Hungary(1920–1946)
- , Provisional Goverment of the Republic of Hungary(1919–1920)
- +6 more
- Hungary(since 1989)
- Located in
- Population
- 1,675,777(January 1, 2026)
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- , 1,685,209(January 1, 2025)
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- , 1,686,222(January 1, 2024)
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- +13 more
- 1,675,777(January 1, 2026)
- Area
- 525.14 km²(January 1, 2017)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary“Budapest – Magyarország helységnévtára”Retrieved 2018-08-08
- 525.14 km²(January 1, 2017)
- Elevation
- 117 m
- Head of government
- Gergely Karácsony(since 2019)
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Sources- 1.“Hongrie : l'écologiste Gergely Karacsony remporte Budapest, défaite pour Viktor Orban”lci.fr/international/resultats-election-hongrie-viktor-orban-essuie-une-defaite-l-ecologiste-gergely-karacsony-gagnant-a-budapest-2134854.html
- 2.“Hongrie : le parti d'Orban battu aux municipales à Budapest”leparisien.fr/international/hongrie-le-parti-d-orban-battu-aux-municipales-a-budapest-13-10-2019-8172246.php
- 3.“Blow for Hungary PM Orbán as opposition wins Budapest mayoral race”theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/13/opposition-parties-candidate-wins-budapest-mayoral-raceRetrieved 2019-10-15
- , István Tarlós(2010–2019)
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Sources- 1.“Önkormányzati választások 2014. október 12.: Budapest főváros főpolgármester választás eredménye”valasztas.hu/dyn/onk14/szavossz/hu/foejelolt.htmlRetrieved 2014-11-05
- , Gábor Demszky(1990–2010)
- Gergely Karácsony(since 2019)
- Founded
- November 17, 1873
- Postal code
- 1011–1239
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- 1011–1239
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
357 statements · 22% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Kraków(since 2005)
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Sources- 1.“Városdiplomácia”budapest.hu/varoshaza/fovarosi-onkormanyzat/varosdiplomaciaRetrieved 2026-06-27
- Berlin(since 1992)
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Sources- 1.budapest.hu/Lapok/Fovaros/Testvervarosok.aspxRetrieved 2014-05-02
- Frankfurt(since 1990)
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Sources- 1.budapest.hu/Lapok/Fovaros/Testvervarosok.aspxRetrieved 2014-05-02
- 2.frankfurt.de/service-und-rathaus/verwaltung/aemter-und-institutionen/hauptamt-und-stadtmarketing/referat-fuer-internationale-angelegenheiten/partnerstaedte/budapest
- 3.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=3932
- Fort Worth(since 1990)
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Sources- 1.budapest.hu/Lapok/Fovaros/Testvervarosok.aspxRetrieved 2014-05-02
- New York City(since 1992)
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Sources- 1.budapest.hu/Lapok/Fovaros/Testvervarosok.aspxRetrieved 2014-05-02
- Tel Aviv(since 1989)
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Sources- 1.budapest.hu/Lapok/Fovaros/Testvervarosok.aspxRetrieved 2014-05-02
- Vienna(since 1990)
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Sources- 1.budapest.hu/Lapok/Fovaros/Testvervarosok.aspxRetrieved 2014-05-02
- Sarajevo(since 1995)
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Sources- 1.budapest.hu/Lapok/Fovaros/Testvervarosok.aspxRetrieved 2014-05-02
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- Lisbon(since 1992)
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Sources- 1.budapest.hu/Lapok/Fovaros/Testvervarosok.aspxRetrieved 2014-05-02
- Beijing(since 2012)
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Sources- 1.budapest.hu/Lapok/Fovaros/Testvervarosok.aspxRetrieved 2014-05-02
- Zagreb(since 1994)
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Sources- 1.budapest.hu/Lapok/Fovaros/Testvervarosok.aspxRetrieved 2014-05-02
- Vilnius(since 1991)
- Florence(since 2008)
- Lecce
- San Vito al Tagliamento
- Warsaw
- Mondragone
- São Paulo
- Dublin
- Bangkok(since 1997)
- Kyiv(since 1993)
- Madrid
- Damascus
- Bucharest
- Daejeon(since 1994)
- Košice
- Osaka
- Kielce
- Subotica
- Târgu Mureș
- Lviv(since 1993)
- Ankara(since 2015)
- Shanghai(since 2012)
- Odorheiu Secuiesc(since 2016)
- Tehran(since 2015)
- Chongqing
- Nashik
- Tbilisi(since 2011)
- Saint Petersburg
- Kraków(since 2005)
- Native label
- Budapest pronunciation audio: HU-Budapest.ogg · ipa transcription: ˈbudɒpɛʃt
- Official name
- Budapest
- Member of
- Creative Cities Network(since 2015) subject has role: City of Design
- World Tourism Cities Federation
- League of Historical Cities
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- Organization of World Heritage Cities
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Sources- 1.ovpm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/liste-villes-en-regle-pour-page-web12-03-2024.pdfRetrieved 2023-12-31
- Annual number of weddings
- 10,104(2020)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Hungarian Central Statistical Officeksh.hu/docs/hun/xstadat/xstadat_evkozi/e_wnz001.htmlRetrieved 2021-09-28
- 10,104(2020)
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
- Budapest District I
- Budapest District II
- Budapest District III
- Budapest District IV
- Budapest District V
- Budapest District VI
- Budapest District VII
- Budapest District VIII
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- Budapest District IX
- Budapest District X
- Budapest District XI
- Budapest District XII
- Budapest District XIII
- Budapest district XIV
- Budapest District XV
- Budapest District XVI
- Budapest District XVII
- Budapest District XVIII
- Budapest District XIX
- Budapest District XX
- Budapest District XXI
- Budapest District XXII
- Budapest District XXIII
- Related category
- Category:Budapest-related lists category contains: Wikimedia list article
- Geoshape
- Data:Hungary/Budapest.map
- Social media followers
- 53,356(May 25, 2023) subreddit: budapest
- Present in work
- Civilization V subject has role: City-state
- Demonym
- Budapester
- Budapeŝtano
- Budapestoise applies to part: feminine singular
- Budapestois applies to part: masculine singular
- budapesti applies to part: singular
- budapestiek applies to part: plural
- Budapestiani applies to part: masculine plural
- Budapestini applies to part: masculine plural
On other databases
146 identifiers linking Budapest across the web's reference databases
- AllTrails trail IDhungary/budapest--2
- Alvin IDalvin-place:1696
- Apple Maps "auid" identifier18239156558578458920
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID2580
- ArchINFORM location ID1772
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinebudapestas
- BBC News topic IDc5y4pnwxzv7t
- BBC Things IDbbc4142d-f133-43c9-a2cb-a7edd113ccd2
- BHCL UUIDe946ba07-cb0e-44ab-8fd6-bcdf4bed730d
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID119334051
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDbudapest
- CANTIC ID981060174737906706
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00016426
- Comic Vine ID4020-57786
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Hungary/Localities/Budapest/
- Data Commons IDnuts/HU101
- De Agostini IDBudapest
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--43912
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Budapest
- Encyclopaedia of Islam (first edition) IDSIM-1574
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDbudapest
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)1Ci9wJ
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)381458
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID36474
- Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens IDb525
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ55
- Facebook location ID106502519386806
- Facebook usernamebudapestmindenkie
- FactGrid item IDQ76432
- Fandom article IDhitman:Budapest
- FAST ID1206109
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)HU05
- Freebase ID/m/095w_
- GADM IDHUN.5_1
- GayCities IDbudapest
- GeoNames ID3054643
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7017994
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Budapest
- GitHub topicbudapest
- GND ID4008684-7
- Google Maps Customer ID288446056727712096
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDbudapest
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0012679
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDBudapest
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)1886753
- Grove Art Online IDT011998
- Gujarati Vishwakosh entryબુડાપેસ્ટ
- Gynopedia IDBudapest
- Harper's tagbudapest
- HASCHU.BU
- Hikr waypoint ID50642
- Hrvatska enciklopedija IDbudimpesta
- Hungarian National Namespace place ID (new)481560
- Hungarian National Namespace place ID (old)110155
- IDAI.gazetteer ID2061547
- IdRef ID029128641
- Image Archive, Herder InstituteQ1781
- IMDb keywordbudapest-hungary
- INaturalist place ID10767
- Instagram usernamebudapestvaroshaza
- Interlingual Index IDi83752
- ISNI0000000115516585
- ISO 3166-2 codeHU-BU
- J9U entity ID987007259279105171
- Japan Search name IDブダペスト
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID3796
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)10785
- JewishGen Locality ID850553
- Joconde location IDT84-3289
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID4008684-7
- Klexikon article IDBudapest
- Krugosvet article (archived)Earth_sciences/geografiya/BUDAPESHT.html
- KSH code13578
- KSW place ID77506
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID302
- Larousse IDville/wd/110501
- Lex IDBudapest
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79091691
- Libris-URIqn243hs84mp08f4
- Mapy.com IDosm&id=26695
- Mindat locality ID29021
- Museum-digital place ID989
- MusicBrainz area IDf1ac379f-8cd3-45c3-8da0-80c429b36c5e
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/23E15E61-C625-4F24-9CB7-29FE84D71138
- National Library of Brazil ID000062327
- National Library of Greece ID2540
- National Library of Ireland IDvtls001139878
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000026199
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX450882
- National Library of Wales Authority IDbudapest
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