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Czech Republic
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Czechia (Czech: Česko, is a country in Central Europe. As of 2 May 2016, the official long name of the country is the Czech Republic (Czech: Česká republika, pronounced [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka] ( listen)). The capital and the biggest city is Prague (Czech: Praha, pronounced [ˈpraha]). The currency is the Czech Crown (koruna česká - CZK). €1 is about 23 CZK. The president of Czechia is Petr Pavel. Czechia's population is about 10.5 million.
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Czech Republic | |
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Motto: "Pravda vítězí" (Czech) "Truth prevails" | |
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![]() Location of the Czech Republic (dark green) – on the European continent (green & dark grey) | |
Capital and largest city | Prague 50°05′N 14°28′E |
Official and national language | Czech[1] |
Other official recognised languages[2][3] | |
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Demonym(s) | Czech |
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic |
Petr Pavel | |
Petr Fiala | |
Legislature | Parliament |
Senate | |
Chamber of Deputies | |
Formation | |
• Duchy of Bohemia | c. 870 |
1198 | |
28 October 1918 | |
• Federalization of Czechoslovakia (Czech Socialist Republic) | 1 January 1969 |
• Czech Republic became independent | 1 January 1993 |
• Joined the European Union | 1 May 2004 |
Area | |
• Total | 78,871 km2 (30,452 sq mi) (115th) |
• Water (%) | 2.12 (as of 2020)[5] |
Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 10,701,777[6] (86th) |
• 2011 census | 10,436,560[7] |
• Density | 136/km2 (352.2/sq mi) (62th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
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GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
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Gini (2019) | ![]() low · 5th |
HDI (2019) | ![]() very high · 27th |
Currency | Czech koruna (CZK) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +420b |
ISO 3166 code | CZ |
Internet TLD | .czc |
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The local language is the Czech language, a Slavic language related to languages like Slovak and Polish.
Czechia has no sea; its neighbour countries are Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Poland.