Czech Republic

Area

The Czech Republic is situated in the centre of Europe and sometimes it is called the heart of Europe. It has borders with Poland in the north, Germany in the west, Austria in the south and Slovakia.

 The Czech Republic covers an area of 78 864 square km.

Countries

The country comprises three historical lands - Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.

Bohemia – the western part, home of most of people and industry, and Moravia – the eastern part, more sparsely populated and agricultural, except around the city of Ostrava. Although usually included in Moravia, the area around Ostrava is actually a part of Silesia.

Population

The population of the Czech Republic is over 10,3 million inhabitants. The density is 131 people per 1 square km. A majority of the people live in Bohemia. The biggest city is the capital – Prague which has a population of 1,2 million people. Some other big cities in the Czech Republic are e.g. Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc, Plzeň, Hradec Králové etc.

The major nationalities living in Czech republic are Czech and Moravian, but there are also minority groups such as the Silesians, Romes, Poles, Germans, Ukrainians and Russians.

Language

Czech is the only official language of the Czech Republic, and it is spoken by about 96% of the population. Besides this, other languages can be heard here, particularly Slovak, German, Polish and Romany.

Czech Symbols

The Czech Flag

The Large National Coat of Arms

The Small National Coat of Arms

The Flag of the President of the Republic: with a motto  ‘The Truth Prevails’

The National Seal

The National Colors: red, white and blue- the arrangement called the tricolor.

The Czech National Anthem: Where is my home?

Currency

The Czech unit of currency is the crown (korun or koruna, abbreviated Kc) and the heller (haler or haleru, abbreviated hl). One hundred hellers equal one crown. Banknotes come in denominations of 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000 crowns. Coins are available in values of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 crowns, as well as 50 hellers.

Mountaines

Almost all the main mountain regions are situated along the nation’s borders. These mountains are named: the Šumava, the Krušné Mountains, the Jizerské Mountains, the Krkonoše with our highest mountain Sněžka 1602 m above sea level, the Orlické Mountains, the Jeseníky and the Beskydy. There are also some hilly regions within the country, such as the Czechmoravian highland and the sandstone region of the Český ráj (Bohemian Paradise). We can find lowlands along the rivers. The biggest of them is Polabská lowland. There are good conditions for agriculture.

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Waters

The Czech Republic has many rivers. Rivers belong to the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea basins. Bohemia has the largest rivers, the Vltava (the longest one – 433 km in CR) and the Labe (390 km in CR, 1165 km in all countries) into which the Vltava disembogues and which (as the Labe) flows to the North Sea. In Moravia there are the following rivers: the Morava in the east, along the border with Slovakia, and the Dyje in the south near the Austrian border. They both join the Danube, which flows into the ...

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