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[[Image:Budavar.jpg|left|70px|Historical coat of arms]]
'''Buda''' ([[German_language|German]]: ''Ofen'', [[Croatian language|Croatian]]: ''Budim'', [[Slovak language|Slovak]]/[[Czech language|Czech]]: ''Budín'', [[Serbian language|Serbian]]: ''Будим'' or ''Budim'', [[Turkish language|Turkish]]: ''Budin'') is the western part of the [[Hungary|Hungarian]] capital [[Budapest]] on the west bank of the [[Danube]]. The name Buda takes its name from the name of [[Bleda]] the [[Hun]] ruler, whose name is also ''Buda'' in Hungarian.
Buda comprises about one-third of Budapest's complete territory and is mostly wooded and hilly. It is usually associated with a higher standard of living, although this depends on the area. Its most notable landmarks are the [[Buda Castle]] and the [[Citadella]].
==History==
Buda was the capital of [[Hungary]] from [[1361]] until its capture by the [[Ottoman Empire]] in [[1541]]. [[Pressburg]]/[[Pozsony]] (the current [[Slovakia|Slovak]] capital [[Bratislava]]) became the new capital of [[Hungary]] in [[1536]]. In [[1686]] Buda was captured by [[Austria]], but because of its devastation from warfare, numerous [[Danube Swabians|Germans]] were brought in to help resettle the city. Buda was declared a free royal town in [[1703]], and became the Hungarian capital again in [[1784]]. Buda was united with the towns [[Óbuda]] and [[Pest (city)|Pest]] in [[1873]] to form [[Budapest]].
[[Image:Buda_Schedel.jpg|thumb|300px|Buda during the [[Middle Ages]]. From the Chronicles of [[Hartmann Schedel]] ]]
==Demographic history==
According to 1715 data, the population of Buda numbered 1,539 houses, of which 769 were South Slavic (mostly Serbian), 701 German, and 68 Hungarian. <ref>Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 2, Novi Sad, 1990.</ref> According to 1720 data, the population numbered about 30,000 people in 1,468 houses, of which 851 houses were German, 559 South Slavic (mostly Serbian), 68 Hungarian, and 5 Slovak. <ref>Dr. Dušan J. Popović (see above)</ref>
==Twin cities==
* [[Capestrano]], Italy
==Notes==
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==See also==
* [[Budapest]]
* [[Pest (city)|Pest]]
* [[Óbuda]]
==External links==
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/article/Budapest/Buda Wikitravel: Budapest/Buda]
* [http://mars.elte.hu/varak/budapestbuda/budarajzok.htm Drawings of Castle Buda over the centuries]
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