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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