HU — Hungary

Hungary is a landlocked Central European country known for Budapest, its capital straddling the Danube River, and famous for its thermal baths, paprika cuisine, and rich musical heritage. Hungary is an EU member state that uses the Hungarian Forint (HUF) rather than the Euro. For developers, the HU country code maps to the hu-HU locale for Hungarian, a Finno-Ugric language unrelated to surrounding Slavic and Germanic languages. The .hu domain and +36 calling code serve Hungary. Hungarian formatting puts the family name first (as in East Asian naming conventions), which affects name field handling. The Forint has very large denomination values, with no subdivision in practice, so everyday prices are in hundreds or thousands. Hungarian uses the comma for decimals and space for thousands. The Hungarian language's complex agglutinative grammar produces very long words that can break UI layouts. Hungary's tech sector, centered in Budapest, has produced notable companies including Prezi and LogMeIn.