hungary has 3,152 localities as of july 15, 2013. 346 towns (hungarian term: "város", plural: "városok"; the terminology doesn't distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (hungarian: "község", plural: "községek"). the number of towns can change, since villages can be elevated to town status by act of the president. the capital budapest has a special status and is not included in any county while 23 of the towns are so-called urban counties ("megyei jogú város" – town with county rights). all county seats except budapest are urban counties.