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Geography
Location:Central Europe, southeast of Germany
Area:total: 78,866 sq km
land: 77,276 sq km
water: 1,590 sq km
Land boundaries:total: 1,881 km border countries: Austria 362 km, G ermany 646 km, Poland 658 km, Slovakia 215 km
Climate:temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
Highest point:Snezka 1,602 m
Lowest point:Elbe River 115 m
Map:here


People
Population:10,241,138
Ethnic groups:Czech 81.2%, Moravian 13.2%, Slovak 3.1%, Polish 0.6%, German 0.5%, Silesian 0.4%, Roma 0.3%, Hungarian 0.2%, other 0.5% (1991)
Religions:Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%, atheist 39.8%
Languages:Czech
HIV/AIDS - adult:less than 0.1%


Government
Government type:parliamentary democracy
Capital:Prague
Administrative divisions:13 regions (kraje, singular - kraj) and 1 capital city* (hlavni mesto); Jihocesky Kraj, Jihomoravsky Kraj, Karlovarsky Kraj, Kralovehradecky Kraj, Liberecky Kraj, Moravskoslezsky Kraj, Olomoucky Kraj, Pardubicky Kraj, Plzensky Kraj, Praha*, Stredocesky Kraj, Ustecky Kraj, Vysocina, Zlinsky Kraj
Internet country code:.cz


Communications, Transportation
Telephones - mobile cellular:9,708,700
Mobile operators:Oskar, T-mobile, Eurotel
Railways:total: 9,520 km
Highways:127,204 km (including 518 km of expressways)