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[[File:Budapest Chain Bridge.jpg|thumb|250px|Buda and Pest connected by [[Széchenyi Chain Bridge]].]]
[[File:Budapeszt-panorama srodmiescie.jpg|thumb|250px|View of the riverfront of Pest.]]
'''Pest''' ({{IPA-hu|ˈpɛʃt}}) is the eastern, mostly flat part of [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], comprising about two-thirds of the city's territory. It is separated from [[Buda]] and [[Óbuda]], the western parts of Budapest, by the [[Danube River]]. Among its most notable sights are the [[Inner City (Budapest)|Inner City]], the [[Hungarian Parliament Building]], [[Heroes' Square (Budapest)|Heroes' Square]] and [[Andrássy Avenue]].
In colloquial [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], "Pest" is often used for the whole [[Capital (political)|capital]] of Budapest. The three parts of [[Budapest]] (Pest, [[Buda]], [[Óbuda]]) united in 1873. This town is notable as the birthplace of [[Theodore Herzl]], the founder of the [[Zionism|Zionist]] movement. ==Etymology==
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