Czech Republic

Capital: Prague (Praha) Population: 10,513,209 Official Languages: Czech Time Zone: +1 / Summer +2 Dialing Code: +420

Government: Parliamentary republic Area: 78,866 km2 largest city: Prague (Praha) Currency : Czech koruna (CZK) ISO 3166 code: CZ

Basic Info

The Czech Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the north. Its capital and largest city, with 1.3 million inhabitants, is Prague. The Czech Republic includes the historical territories of Bohemia and Moravia and a small part of Silesia.

Geography

The Czech Republic lies mostly between latitudes 48° and 51° N (a small area lies north of 51°), and longitudes 12° and 19° E.

Climate

The Czech Republic has a temperate continental climate, with relatively hot summers and cold, cloudy and snowy winters. The temperature difference between summer and winter is relatively high, due to the landlocked geographical position.

Religion

According to a Eurobarometer Poll in 2010, 16% of Czech citizens responded that "they believe there is a God" (the lowest rate among the countries of the European Union), whereas 44% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 37% said that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force".

Administrative divisions

Since 2000, the Czech Republic is divided into thirteen regions (Czech: kraje, singular kraj) and the capital city of Prague. Each region has its own elected Regional Assembly (krajské zastupitelstvo) and hejtman (usually translated as hetman or "president"). In Prague, their powers are executed by the city council and the mayor. See The Map

The older seventy-six districts (okresy, singular okres) including three "statutory cities" (without Prague, which had special status) lost most of their importance in 1999 in an administrative reform; they remain as territorial divisions and seats of various branches of state administration.

	Region	Administrative seat	Population
A	Prague, the Capital City (Hlavní město Praha)		1,251,072
B	South Moravian Region (Jihomoravský kraj)	Brno	1,152,819
C	South Bohemian Region (Jihočeský kraj)	České Budějovice	637,723
E	Pardubice Region (Pardubický kraj)	Pardubice	516,777
H	Hradec Králové Region (Královéhradecký kraj)	Hradec Králové	554,370
J	Vysočina Region (Kraj Vysočina)	Jihlava	514,805
K	Karlovy Vary Region (Karlovarský kraj)	Karlovy Vary	307,380
L	Liberec Region (Liberecký kraj)	Liberec	439,458
M	Olomouc Region (Olomoucký kraj)	Olomouc	641,555
P	Plzeň Region (Plzeňský kraj)	Plzeň	571,831
S	Central Bohemian Region (Středočeský kraj)	offices located in Prague (Praha)	1,256,850
T	Moravian-Silesian Region (Moravskoslezský kraj)	Ostrava	1,244,837
U	Ústí nad Labem Region (Ústecký kraj)	Ústí nad Labem	835,814
Z	Zlín Region (Zlínský kraj)	Zlín	590,527

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