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Location

Capital Prague
Official Languages Czech
Government Republic
Area 78,866 km²
Population 10,265,231(2006 estimate)

Presentation

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe and a member state of the European Union. The country has borders with Poland to the north, Germany to the northwest and west, Austria to the south, and Slovakia to the east. The historic city of Prague (Czech: Praha), a major tourist attraction, is its capital and largest city. Other major cities include Brno, Ostrava, Zlín, Plze?, Pardubice, Hradec Králové, ?eské Bud?jovice, Liberec, Olomouc, and Ústí nad Labem.

The country is composed of two entire historic regions, Bohemia and Moravia, parts of Silesia, and small sections of historic Lower Austria.

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