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'''Budapest''' (also '''Buda-Pest''' in historical texts) ([[International Phonetic Alphabet for English|pronounced]] {{IPA|[ˈbudɑpɛʃt]}}; approximate pronunciation, Boo-duh-pesht) is the [[Capitals of Hungary|capital]] city of [[Hungary]] and the country's principal [[political]], [[cultural]], [[commerce|commercial]], [[Industry|industrial]] and [[transportation]] center. The official language spoken is [[Hungarian_language|Hungarian]]. | '''Budapest''' (also '''Buda-Pest''' in historical texts) ([[International Phonetic Alphabet for English|pronounced]] {{IPA|[ˈbudɑpɛʃt]}}; approximate pronunciation, Boo-duh-pesht) is the [[Capitals of Hungary|capital]] city of [[Hungary]] and the country's principal [[political]], [[cultural]], [[commerce|commercial]], [[Industry|industrial]] and [[transportation]] center. The official language spoken is [[Hungarian_language|Hungarian]]. | ||
Budapest had 1 777 921 <ref>[http://www.nepszamlalas.hu/hun/kotetek/06/01/data/tabhun/4/prnt01_11_0.html Official census data (Népszámlálás.hu, 2003)]</ref> inhabitants in 2003, 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 (city)|Pest]] on the left (east) bank. Óbuda (Oldbuda) had been established as a legionary camp at the Northern frontiers of the [[Roman Empire]] in the reign of Tiberius, becoming a ''munidicipium'' in the second century AD. Excavations have exposed extensive remains at [[Aquincum]]<ref>Norman Davies, ''Europe -- A History (1997).</ref>. | Budapest had 1 777 921 <ref>[http://www.nepszamlalas.hu/hun/kotetek/06/01/data/tabhun/4/prnt01_11_0.html Official census data (Népszámlálás.hu, 2003)]</ref> inhabitants in 2003, 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 (city)|Pest]] on the left (east) bank. Archeological findings suggest that the [http://www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary/budapest/bphist/bphist02.htm first settlers] around the Gellert Hill region of Buda were Celts in the first century BC. Óbuda (Oldbuda) had been established as a legionary camp at the Northern frontiers of the [[Roman Empire]] in the reign of Tiberius, becoming a ''munidicipium'' in the second century AD. Excavations have exposed extensive remains at [[Aquincum]]<ref>Norman Davies, ''Europe -- A History (1997).</ref>. Pest, a relatively new part of a developing region, was joined to Buda by a [http://www.wcities.com/en/record/,142610/244/record.html permanent bridge], bult by British engineer [[Adam Clark]], in the 1840s.<ref> The First [http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%A9chenyi_l%C3%A1nch%C3%ADd permanent bridge] over the Hungarian stretch of the Danube (Hungarian wikipedia).</ref> | ||
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Budapest (also Buda-Pest in historical texts) (pronounced [ˈbudɑpɛʃt]; 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 had 1 777 921 [1] inhabitants in 2003, 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. Archeological findings suggest that the first settlers around the Gellert Hill region of Buda were Celts in the first century BC. Óbuda (Oldbuda) had been established as a legionary camp at the Northern frontiers of the Roman Empire in the reign of Tiberius, becoming a munidicipium in the second century AD. Excavations have exposed extensive remains at Aquincum[2]. Pest, a relatively new part of a developing region, was joined to Buda by a permanent bridge, bult by British engineer Adam Clark, in the 1840s.[3]
- ↑ Official census data (Népszámlálás.hu, 2003)
- ↑ Norman Davies, Europe -- A History (1997).
- ↑ The First permanent bridge over the Hungarian stretch of the Danube (Hungarian wikipedia).