ICF Flatwater Racing World Cup Szeged

The Hungarian Canoe Federation is pleased to invite you to come to Szeged again to compete at the ICF Flatwater Racing World Cup in May, 2007. Having staged the world championships in 2006 with great success the Hungarian Canoe Federation is anxious to host another senior event of flatwater kayaking and canoeing.

Population:	10.2 million
Area:	93.036 km2
Capital:	Budapest (Territory: 525 km2)
Time zone:	GMT +1 hour
Official language:	Hungarian
State form:	republic

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bounded on the north by Slovakia; on the north-east by Ukraine; on the east by Romania; on the south by Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia; and on the west by Austria.

The Danube River forms part of Hungary's northwestern border with Slovakia, and then flows south through Budapest, dividing Hungary into two general regions. A low, rolling plain known as the Great Hungarian Plain, covers most of the region east of the Danube extending east to Romania and south to Serbia.

Hungary has a continental climate with cold, cloudy, humid winters and warm to hot summers. Average annual temperature is 9.7 °C (49.5F). Temperature extremes are about 38 °C (100F) in the summer and -29°C (-20F) in the winter. Average temperature in the summer is 27 to 32 °C (81 to 90F), and in the winter it is 0 to -15 °C (32 to 5F). The average yearly rainfall is approximately 600mm (24 in).