Budapest
Budapest (English: /ˌb(j)dəˈpɛstˌbʊd-ˈb(j)dəpɛstˈbʊd-/, English: /ˈbdəpɛst-pɛʃtˌbdəˈpɛʃt/; Hungarian: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt]) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a p…