The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1985 (12. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)

1985-09-01 / 9. szám

The EIGHTH HUNGARIAN $ J50 fISSN 0373-1341) TRIBE VOLUME XII, NO. 9 HUNGARIANS IN AMERICA SEPTEMBER, 1985 Budapest has recently seen a resurgence In curiosity and concern towards the fate of all that Is old. The reasons for this new-fangled nostalgia differ radically In this country from those of other capitals less exposed to the winds of History. Here gigantic gaps still remind the visitor of destroyed statues, blown-up bridges, bombed-out houses, plundered palaces, renamed streets and battles lost. After so many vicissitudes, the b.,ie has come to at last try to reconstruct the jig­saw of the past out of old objects, memories and, for want of better, picture postcards miraculously retrieved from the depths of bottom drawers. FACTS AND FIGURES Number of inhabitants is 2,064,000, or 19.3% of Hungary’s population. 23.6% of Hungary’s industrial workforce works here. A major center of transportation. The national highways and motorways branch out from here. Hungary’s only inter­national airport and harbor are also located in the capital. Budapest is a center of Intellectual life; 85% of research workers and scholars work here. One out of every four high school students and 45% of university students study in Budapest. There are 2,000 hours of sunlight annually. The average temperature is 11° C, with the January average at — 1° C and the July average at 22° C. The capital city is embraced by 12 small hills, the area of forests if 4,774 hectares, that of inner city green areas 60,000 square meters. Nine bridges span the Danube and there are 4 small islands along the Budapest section of the river. NYOLCADIK TÖRZS

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