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CZECH REPUBLIC
Map of CZECH REPUBLIC
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Location:
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Central Europe, southeast of Germany |
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Geographic coordinates:
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49 45 N, 15 30 E |
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Area:
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total: 78,866 sq km
land: 77,276 sq km
water: 1,590 sq km |
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Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than South Carolina |
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Land boundaries:
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total: 2,290.2 km
border countries: Austria 466.3 km, Germany 810.3 km, Poland 761.8 km, Slovakia 251.8 km |
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Coastline:
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0 km (landlocked) |
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Maritime claims:
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none (landlocked) |
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Climate:
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temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters |
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Terrain:
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Bohemia in the west consists of rolling plains, hills, and plateaus surrounded by low mountains; Moravia in the east consists of very hilly country |
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Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Elbe River 115 m
highest point: Snezka 1,602 m |
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Natural resources:
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hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber |
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Land use:
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arable land: 38.82%
permanent crops: 3%
other: 58.18% (2005) |
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Irrigated land:
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240 sq km (2003) |
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Total renewable water resources:
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16 cu km (2005) |
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Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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total: 1.91 cu km/yr (41%/57%/2%)
per capita: 187 cu m/yr (2002) |
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Natural hazards:
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flooding |
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Environment - current issues:
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air and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain damaging forests; efforts to bring industry up to EU code should improve domestic pollution |
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Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Population:
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10,220,911 (July 2008 est.) |
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 13.8% (male 723,521/female 684,786)
15-64 years: 71.2% (male 3,653,679/female 3,619,872)
65 years and over: 15.1% (male 604,419/female 934,634) (2008 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun: Czech(s)
adjective: Czech |
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Ethnic groups:
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Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001 census) |
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Religions:
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Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census) |
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Languages:
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Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census) |
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Literacy:
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definition: NA
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
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Country name:
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conventional long form: Czech Republic
conventional short form: Czech Republic
local long form: Ceska Republika
local short form: Cesko |
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Government type:
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parliamentary democracy |
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Capital:
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name: Prague
geographic coordinates: 50 05 N, 14 28 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
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Administrative divisions:
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13 regions (kraje, singular - kraj) and 1 capital city* (hlavni mesto); Jihocesky (South Bohemia), Jihomoravsky (South Moravia), Karlovarsky, Kralovehradecky, Liberecky, Moravskoslezsky (Moravia-Silesia), Olomoucky, Pardubicky, Plzensky (Pilsen), Praha (Prague)*, Stredocesky (Central Bohemia), Ustecky, Vysocina, Zlinsky |
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Independence:
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1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) |
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National holiday:
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Czech Founding Day, 28 October (1918)
Source: http://cia.gov
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