Basic Facts about the Czech Republic

Official name of the country: THE CZECH REPUBLIC (Česká republika)
Conventional short name: CZECHIA (Česko)

Capital (2004): Prague, 1,165,617 residents
Area: 78,864 sq kilometres

Population (2003): 10,211 mil inhabitants

Population by Ethnic composition (2001): Czech (90.42%), Moravian and Silesian (3.83%), Slovak (1.89%), Polish (0.51%), German (0.38%), Roma (0.11%), Hungarians, Ukrainians, Rusins (Ruthenians), Russians, Greeks, and others (2.86%)

Population by religion (2001): Roman Catholic Church (26.79%), Evangelical Church of Czech brothers (1.15%), Czechoslovak Hussite Church (0.97%), Other (3.23%), non-denominational (59.04%), not identified (8.82%)

13 regions (kraje) and 1 capital city:

Jihočeský kraj Jihomoravský kraj Karlovarský kraj Kraj Vysočina Královéhradecký kraj Liberecký kraj Moravskoslezský kraj   Olomoucký kraj Pardubický kraj Plzeňský kraj Středočeský kraj Ústecký kraj Zlínský kraj

České Budějovice Brno Karlovy Vary Jihlava Hradec Králové Liberec Ostrava Olomouc Pardubice Plzeň Praha Ústí nad Labem Zlín

Type of government: Parliamentary republic

Constitutional system: legislative (bicameral Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, 200 seats, and the Senate, 81 seats), executive (the President of the Czech Republic, the Government of the Czech Republic), judicial (Supreme Court, Constitutional Court)

Last Parliamentary elections held in May 2010:

Czech Social Democratic Party 22.1%

Civic Democratic Party 20.2%
TOP 09 16.75%

Communist Party 11.3%
Public Matters (Věci veřejné) 10.9%

Economy:
Indicator:	Unit:	Value:	Year:
GDP	(bil. USD)	256.6	(2009 est.)
GDP per capita	(USD)	25,100	(2009 est.)
Export	(bil. USD)	106.4	(2009 est.)
Import	(bil. USD)	99.97	(2009 est.)
Currency (code)	-	koruna (CZK)	-

Membership in leading international organizations: ACCT (observer), Australia Group, BIS, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA (cooperating state), EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, MIGA, MONUC, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNOMIG, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU (associate), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO, ZC and many others.

National Days:

1	January	Independent Czech State (1993)
1	May	Labour Day
8	May	Liberation Day (1945)
5	July	Arrival of the Slavic Apostles St. Constantine and St. Methodius (863)
6	July	Death of Jan Hus (1415)
28	September	Death of St. Wenceslaus
28	October	Independent Czechoslovakia (1918)
17	November	Fight for Freedom and Democracy (1939, 1989)

The Czech Republic is a democratic, politically, economically and socially stable country located in Central Europe. Its size and population places the Czech Republic among medium-sized European countries. The Czech Republic supports the common effort of democratic nations to build and strengthen a community of peace, security, cooperation, democracy and prosperity. It supports the European integration process and the vision of united, democratic, socially just, prosperous, peaceful and tension-free Europe, a continent of independent citizens and cooperating regions. On 12 March 1999, along with Poland and Hungary, it became a full member state of NATO and on 1 May 2004, along with the other 3 Visegrad countries, it became a full member state of EU.

Further information:

  Brief history of the Czech Republic
  Links to the Czech Republic
Photographs of the Czech Republic (Czech Tourism)