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Czech Republic

CZ / CZE   50.0°, 15.0°

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of 78,871 square kilometers (30,452 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec.

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People are called
Czech
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+420
Capital
Prague
Population
10,909,500
Area
78,871 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Parliamentary republic
Currency
Czech koruna
Languages
Czech 88.4%, Slovak 1.5%
Sells
cars, vehicle parts/accessories, broadcasting equipment, computers
Sells to
Germany 29%, Slovakia 7%, Poland 6%
Land borders
4: Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+420
Founded
1993
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Czech

These are English demonyms for people from Czech Republic. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

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BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Czechofficial
88.4%
1.5%

Largest cities

Prague  capital 1,165,581
Brno 379,466
Ostrava 279,791
Pilsen 168,733
Liberec 102,951

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Parliamentary republic.

Climate and geography

temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters

Climate zone

Highest point

Landlocked. Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Vaclav Havel
Vaclav Havel Playwright and first post-communist president Václav Havel was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident.
Charles IV
Charles IV Holy Roman Emperor who built Prague Charles XV and IV was King of Sweden as Charles XV and King of Norway as Charles IV from 1859 until his death in 1872.
Jan Hus
Jan Hus Reformer burned at the stake in 1415 Jan Hus, sometimes anglicized as John Goose or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of Hussitism, a key predecessor to...
Antonin Dvorak
Antonin Dvorak Composer Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic era nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Member of european union — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
  • Member of nato — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: past leaders.