Ústí nad Labem Region
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Ústí nad Labem Region Ústecký kraj |
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| Coordinates: 50°31′N 13°51′E / 50.51°N 13.85°ECoordinates: 50°31′N 13°51′E / 50.51°N 13.85°E | |||
| Country | Czech Republic | ||
| Capital | Ústí nad Labem | ||
| Districts | Děčín District, Litoměřice District, Louny District, Most District, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem District | ||
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| • Governor | Oldřich Bubeníček | ||
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| • Total | 5,334.52 km2 (2,059.67 sq mi) | ||
| Highest elevation | 1,113 m (3,652 ft) | ||
| Population (03/2011) | |||
| • Total | 852,554 | ||
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | CZ-US | ||
| Vehicle registration | U | ||
| Website | http://www.kr-ustecky.cz/ | ||
Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region (Czech: Ústecký kraj), also Region Aussig (after the German name of the capital), is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of its historical land of Bohemia and the whole country. It is named after its capital Ústí nad Labem. It covers the majority of the former North Bohemia province and is part of the broader area of North Bohemia.
The region neighbors with the Liberec Region (east), the Central Bohemian Region (south), Plzeň Region (shortly in the southwest), the Karlovy Vary Region (west) and Saxony (Germany, in the north). The region is divided into seven districts: Děčín District, Chomutov District, Litoměřice District, Louny District, Most District, Teplice District and Ústí nad Labem District; and further into 16 ORP districts (administrative districts of the municipalities with extended competence).
The area of the Ústí region comprises a unique mixture of very different types of landscape. Between the high escarpment of the Ore Mountains (Krušné hory) range and the picturesque Bohemian Central Uplands (České středohoří) with many volcanic hills, we can find vast areas devastated by surface coal mining (the North Bohemian Basin), partly being recultivated into an artificial landscape with ponds, plains and groves. The Elbe river runs through the Central Uplands in a winding gorge of the Porta Bohemica. Southern part of the region is flat and fertile (Polabí), while in the northeast there are sandstone formations of the so-called Bohemian Switzerland, including the monumental Pravčická brána (gate).
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