This collection is about the country in Europe. For other uses, see Czech Republic (disambiguation).
Czech Republic
Česká republika
Location of Czech Republic (dark green)
Largest and main city Prague (Praha)
50°05′N 14°28′E
Official language(s) Czech[1]
Officially recognized
minority languages Slovak,[2] Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Romani, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian and Ukrainian[3]
Ethnic groups (2011) 63.7% Czechs,
4.9% Moravians,
1.4% Slovaks,
29.9% others and unspecified[4]
Demonym Czech
Formation
- Principality of Bohemia c. 870
- Kingdom of Bohemia 1198
- Czechoslovakia 28 October 1918
- Czech Republic 1 January 1993
Area
- Total 78,866 km2 (116th)
30,450 sq mi
- Water (%) 2
Population
- 2011 census 10,562,214
- Density 134/km2 (84th)
341/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate
- Total $268.772 billion[5]
- Per capita $25,525[5]
GDP (nominal) 2011 estimate
- Total $218.363 billion[5]
- Per capita $20,938[5] (38th)
Gini (2008) 26 (low) (4th)
HDI (2010) 0.865[6] (very high) (27th)
Currency Czech koruna (CZK)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Drives on the right
ISO 3166 code CZ
Internet TLD .cz³
Calling code +4204
1 30 June 2010 (See Population changes).
2 Rank based on 2009 IMF data.
3 Also .eu, shared with other European Union member states.
4 Shared code 42 with Slovakia until 1997. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic