Budapest, the capital of Hungary

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Budapest[9] (Hungarian: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt] ( listen); names in other languages) is the capital and the largest city of Hungary,[10] and one of the largest cities[11] in the European Union. It is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre,[12] sometimes described as the primate city of Hungary.[13] According to the census, in 2011 Budapest had 1.74 million inhabitants,[14] down from its 1989 peak of 2.1 million[15] due to suburbanisation.[16] The Budapest Metropolitan Area is home to 3.3 million people.[17][18] The city covers an area of 525 square kilometres (203 sq mi).[19] Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the unification of Buda and Óbuda on the west bank, with Pest on the east bank on 17 November 1873

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