Learn everything you need to know about Czechia in under 2 minutes!
Est. Population:
10,644,842
Demonym:
Czech
Religions:
No religion (45.2%)2
Roman Catholic (10.4%)
Protestant (1.1%)
Largest City:
Prague (1,267,449)
Other Cities:
Brno (377,028)
Ostrava (292,681)
Plzeň (169,858)
Liberec (103,288)
Region:
Central Europe
Bodies of Water:
None (Landlocked)
Total Area:
78,867 km2 (97.9% land, 2.1% water)
Total Land:
2,046 km
Total Coastline:
0 km (Landlocked)
Climate
Temperate
Terrain:
Rolling hills
Mountains and plateau in the west
Hills in the east
Highest Point
Snezka (1,602 m)
Lowest Point
Labe River (115 m)
Natural Disasters
Flooding
Type:
Parliamentary democracy
Head of State:
President Miloš Zeman
Head of Government:
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš
Admin. Divisions
13 Regions
Independence:
1 January 1993 (from Czechoslovakia)
Nat'l Symbol:
Double-tailed lion
Nat'l Anthem:
Kde domov můj?
GDP Per Capita
$31,500 (USD)
Currency
Kč (Czech Koruny)
Exchange Rate
$1 (USD) = Kč (Czech Koruny)21.98
Internet Code
.cz
Telephone Code
+420
Episode 92 - Czechia
Posted on Tuesday September 18, 2018
Cuisine in Czechia is very carnivorous, with many of the meals being prepared with meat and intestines.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ez.html (Majority of information)
https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/20551765/170223-14.pdf/d0d27736-ef15-4f4f-bf26-e7cb3770e187?version=1.0 (Ethnicity and religious data)
https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/32853387/1300721603.pdf/cba78096-1cf5-4fde-b20a-3074b2f135f9?version=1.0 (City population data)
Wolfram|Alpha (Currency exchange data)
Information accurate to best of ability as of 31 October 2016
1 Many Czech didn't answer the ethnicity question as a way of boycotting census data.
2 The Czech are not fond of answering religious questions on official government data, so much of the religious data is unavailable.