City: Czech Republic
Capital
and largest city: Prague
50°05′N 14°28′E / 50.083°N 14.467°E / 50.083; 14.467
Official language: Czech
Officially recognised languages: List
Slovak
German
Polish
Belarusian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Greek
Hungarian
Romani
Russian
Rusyn
Serbian
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Ethnic groups (2011): 64% Czechs
26% unspecified
5% Moravians
1.4% Slovaks
0.4% Poles
3.2% other
Religion: 44.7% undeclared
34.5% non-religious
10.4% Roman Catholic
2.2% other Christians
0.7% other religions
Demonym: Czech
Government: Unitary parliamentary
constitutional republic
• President: Miloš Zeman
• Prime Minister: Andrej Babiš
Legislature: Parliament
• Upper house: Senate
• Lower house: Chamber of Deputies
Formation• Duchy of Bohemia: c. 870
• Kingdom of Bohemia: 1198
• Czechoslovakia
(Independence from
Austria-Hungary): 28 October 1918
• Federalization of Czechoslovakia
(Czech Socialist Republic): 1 January 1969
• Czech Republic became independent: 1 January 1993
• Joined the European Union: 1 May 2004
Area• Total: 78,866 km (30,450 sq mi) (115th)
• Water (%): 2
Population• 2016 estimate: 10,610,947 (84th)
• 2011 census: 10,436,560
• Density: 134/km (347.1/sq mi) (87th)
GDP (PPP): 2018 estimate
• Total: $368.659 billion (50th)
• Per capita: $36,784 (39th)
GDP (nominal): 2018 estimate
• Total: $196.068 billion (49th)
• Per capita: $22,468 (41st)
Gini (2015): 25.0
low · 5th
HDI (2015): 0.878
very high · 28th
Currency: Czech koruna (CZK)
Time zone: CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST): CEST (UTC+2)
Drives on the: right
Calling code: +420
Patron saint: St. Wenceslaus
ISO 3166 code: CZ
Internet TLD: .cz
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