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🗺️ Prague, Czech Republic
Capital city
📍 50.0755°, 14.4378°View larger map →
📍 Essential Info
CapitalPrague
TimezoneUTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population10.8M
Governmentparliamentary republic
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideRight
Electrical PlugsType C, E (230V)
Internet Code.cz
Internet Users86%
GDP per Capita$48,000
🌍 Geography
LocationCentral Europe, between Germany, Poland, Slovakia, and Austria
Size Comparisonabout two-thirds the size of Pennsylvania; slightly smaller than South Carolina
Climatetemperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
TerrainBohemia in the west consists of rolling plains, hills, and plateaus surrounded by low mountains; Moravia in the east consists of very hilly country
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsCzech 57.3%, Moravian 3.4%, other 7.7%, unspecified 31.6% (2021 est.)
ReligionsRoman Catholic 7%, other believers belonging to a church or religious society 6% (includes Evangelical United Brethren Church and Czechoslovak Hussite...
Median Age44.4 years
Life Expectancy78.6 years
National HolidayCzechoslovak Founding Day, 28 October (1918)
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Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook