General Information about Czech Republic

The Czech Republic's central European landscape is dominated by the Bohemian Massif, which rises to heights of 3,000 ft (900 m) above sea level. This ring of mountains encircles a large elevated basin, the Bohemian Plateau. The principal rivers are the Elbe and the Vltava.

Government - Parliamentary democracy.

Land area: 29,836 sq mi (77,276 sq km); total area: 30,450 sq mi (78,866 sq km)

Population (2007 est.): 10,228,744 (growth rate: -0.1%); birth rate: 9.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.9/1000; life expectancy: 76.4; density per sq mi: 337

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Prague, 1,378,700 (metro. area), 1,169,800 (city proper)

Other large cities: Brno, 376,400; Ostrava, 317,700; Plzen, 164,900; Olomouc, 102,900

Monetary unit: Koruna

Language: Czech

Ethnicity/race: Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001)

Religions: Roman Catholic 27%, Protestant 2%, unaffiliated 59% (2001)


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