Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe. In 2009, Budapest had 1,712,210 inhabitants, down from a mid-1980s peak of 2.1 million. The Budapest Commuter Area (or Greater Budapest) is home to 3,271,110 people. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with a unification on 17 November 1873 of right-bank Buda and Obuda with left-bank Pest. Budapest is the city with the biggest Jewish population in...
