The Czech Republic at a Glance
- Official name: Czech Republic
- System of governance: Republic
- Total area: 78,867 km2 (2% of EU territory)
- Population: 10,381,130 (as of 31 December 2007)
- Capital: Prague, pop. 1,212,097 (as of 31 December 2007)
- Administrative structure:13 regions (kraj) and the City of Prague
- Composition of the population: Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001 census)
- Official language: Czech
- Currency: Czech crown (koruna) – CZK
- International telephone code: +420
- Time zone: GMT/UTC +1
- National top-level domain (TLD): .cz
- Established: 1 January 1993
- Head of State: President Václav Klaus (since 7 March 2003)
- Prime Minister: Mirek Topolánek (till May 8, 2009), Jan Fischer (from April 9, 2009)
- Accession to the EU: since 1 May 2004
- Membership of international organisations: EBRD, EU, IBRD, ILO, IMF, NATO, OECD, UN, WHO, WTO, V4 and others
- Length of borders: 2,290 km; with Austria: 466.3 km, with Germany: 810.3 km, with Poland: 761.8 km, with Slovakia: 251.8 km
- Highest mountain: Sněžka, 1,602 m
- Longest river: Vltava, 433 km
- National anthem: Where Is My Home? (Kde domov můj?), from the play Fidlovačka, or No Anger and No Brawl (Fidlovačka aneb Žádný hněv a žádná rvačka) byJosef Kajetán Tyl, set to music by František Škroup
- Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, not specified 8.8%, agnostic 59% (2001 census)
Attached Files
- Czech Republic - Highlights (pdf, 7504 kB)
- Basic vocabulary CS, EN, FR (pdf, 33 kB)
Last update: 16.8.2011 16:02
