Czech Republic
Česká republika (Czech)
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Location of the Czech Republic (dark green)
– in Europe (green & dark grey) |
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Capital and largest city |
Prague 50°05′N 14°28′E / 50.083°N 14.467°E |
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Official language | Czech | ||||
Officially recognised | |||||
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Religion |
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Demonym | Czech | ||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic |
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Miloš Zeman | |||||
Bohuslav Sobotka | |||||
Legislature | Parliament | ||||
Senate | |||||
Chamber of Deputies | |||||
Formation | |||||
c. 870 | |||||
1198 | |||||
28 October 1918 | |||||
1 January 1969 | |||||
1 January 1993 | |||||
• Joined the European Union
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1 May 2004 | ||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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78,866 km2 (30,450 sq mi) (116th) | ||||
• Water (%)
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2 | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2015 estimate
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10,553,948 (84th) | ||||
• 2011 census
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10,436,560 | ||||
• Density
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134/km2 (347.1/sq mi) (87th) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$343.931 billion (50th) | ||||
• Per capita
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$32,622 (39th) | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$189.982 billion (49th) | ||||
• Per capita
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$18,020 (41st) | ||||
Gini (2015) |
25.0 low · 5th |
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HDI (2014) |
0.870 very high · 28th |
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Currency | Czech koruna (CZK) | ||||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||
• Summer (DST)
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CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
Drives on the | right | ||||
Calling code | +420b | ||||
Patron saint | St. Wenceslaus | ||||
ISO 3166 code | CZ | ||||
Internet TLD | .czc | ||||
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Rank | City | Region | Population | Metropolitan area | |||||
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1 | Prague | Prague, the Capital City | 1,259,079 | 2,300,000 | ||||||
2 | Brno | South Moravian | 377,440 | 729,510 | ||||||
3 | Ostrava | Moravian-Silesian | 294,200 | 1,164,328 | ||||||
4 | Plzeň | Plzeň | 169,033 | 380,000 | ||||||
5 | Liberec | Liberec | 102,562 | 270,000 | ||||||
6 | Olomouc | Olomouc | 99,806 | 480,000 | ||||||
7 | Ústí nad Labem | Ústí nad Labem | 93,409 | 243,878 | ||||||
8 | České Budějovice | South Bohemian | 93,285 | 190,000 | ||||||
9 | Hradec Králové | Hradec Králové | 92,808 | - | ||||||
10 | Pardubice | Pardubice | 89,693 | - | ||||||
11 | Zlín | Zlín | 75,112 | 450 000 | ||||||
12 | Havířov | Moravian-Silesian | 75,049 | - | ||||||
13 | Kladno | Central Bohemian | 68,552 | - | ||||||
14 | Most | Ústí nad Labem | 67,089 | 95,316 | ||||||
15 | Opava | Moravian-Silesian | 57,772 | - | ||||||
16 | Frýdek-Místek | Moravian-Silesian | 56,945 | - | ||||||
17 | Karviná | Moravian-Silesian | 55,985 | - | ||||||
18 | Jihlava | Vysočina | 50,521 | - | ||||||
19 | Teplice | Ústí nad Labem | 50,079 | - | ||||||
20 | Děčín | Ústí nad Labem | 49,833 | - | ||||||
– in Europe (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union (green) – [Legend]
The Czech Republic (i/ˈtʃɛk rᵻˈpʌblɪk/ CHEK-rə-PUB-lik;Czech: Česká republika, Czech pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka]), also known by the short name Czechia (i/ˈtʃɛkiə/, CHEK-ee-ə; Czech: Česko, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃɛsko]), is a nation state in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast. The Czech Republic covers an area of 78,866 square kilometres (30,450 sq mi) with mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary parliamentary republic, has 10.5 million inhabitants and the capital and largest city is Prague, with over 1.2 million residents. The Czech Republic includes the historical territories of Bohemia,Moravia, and Czech Silesia.