Czech Republic
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| Czech Republic | |||||
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| National motto: | "Ukradni co můžeš" "Truth prevails" |
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| National anthem: | "Kde domov můj?" |
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| About the people | |||||
| Official languages: | Czech | ||||
| Population: (# of people) | |||||
| - Total: | 10,349,000 (ranked 78th) | ||||
| - Density: | 337 per mi² / 130 per km² | ||||
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| Capital city: | Prague | ||||
| Largest city: | Prague | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total: | 30,450 mi² / 78,866 km² (ranked 117th) | ||||
| Politics / Government | |||||
| Established: | January 1, 1993 | ||||
| Leaders: | President Václav Klaus | ||||
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| Currency: (Name of money) |
Czech koruna (CZK) | ||||
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| Time zone: | UTC+1 (+2 DST) | ||||
| Telephone dialing code: | +420 | ||||
| Internet domain: | .cz | ||||
Czech Republic (Česká republika) is a country in central Europe, also known as Bohemia. The capital and the biggest city is Prague. The currency is the Czech Crown (koruna - CZK). 1€ - 25 CZK. The president of Czech Republic is Václav Klaus. The Czech Republic's population is some about 10 million. Its official language is Czech language. The Czech language is a Slavic language. It is related to languages like Slovak and Polish. In 1993 the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the name Czechia be used for the country outside of formal official documents. This has not caught on in English usage.
Its history dates from the 9th century AD, for a long time it was one of the most powerful countries in Central Europe. Later on it was the biggest, most populated and richest country of the First Reich, where many Emperors started their career. Under the conditions of the Treaty of Vienna 1515 parts of the Czech Republic, then in the Kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary came under Habsburg rule after the death of Louis the Jagiellon in 1526. They stayed a part of the Habsburg dynasty rule until 1918. The area was a part of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1992. Czechoslovakia became independent in 1918 from Austro-Hungarian Empire. The first Czechoslovakian president was Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Czechoslovakia peacefully split into two countries (Czech Republic and Slovakia) in 1993. Czech Republic has been a member of the European Union since May 1, 2004.
Czech Republic has no sea; its neighbour countries are Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Poland.
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