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Czechia is a country in eastern Europe, formerly known as the Czech Republic.

Czechia is a landlocked country with no coastline.

The land is hilly in the east but has rolling plains and plateaus in the west.

The geographical coordinates for the centre of Czechia, also known as lines of latitude and longitude, are:-
Latitude - 49 45N
Longitude - 15 30E

The capital of Czechia is Prague.

Czechia is a parliamentary republic with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of the government.

In elections everyone over the age of 18 can vote.

The currency in Czechia is the koruna. Czechia is a member of the European Union, having joined in 2004.

Czech is the official language.

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The Czech flag is 2 equal horizontal stripes of white and red with a blue isoscoles triangle based on the flag pole side.


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These are the anthem words

The words ×

These are the words to the Czeck National Anthem called Where Is My Home? It was adopted in 1993. This is a translation of the words.

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Where is my home, where is my home?
Water roaring across meadows,
Pines whisper across crags,
In the garden shine the blossoms,
Paradise on earth it is to see!
And that’s the beautiful land,
Czech land, my home.
Czech land, my home.

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The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media

The total land area of Czechia is 77,247 sq kms which is the 20th largest in Europe.

Czechia has lakes, rivers and canals which total 1,620 sq kms.

Czechia has boundaries with 4 countries

• Poland 796 kms
• Germany 704 kms
• Austria 402 kms
• Slovakia 241 kms

Czechia has no coastline.

The highest point in Czechia is Snezka at 1,602 metres.

The pie chart below shows how the land is split between agricultural land (crops and pastures), forests and other, which can be towns, villages, desert or frozen waste called tundra.

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The total population of Czechia is 10,64 million people, making it the 13th largest country in Europe by population.

Of this number 5.41 million are females and 5.23 million are males.

A person from Czechia is called a Czech.

To be a citizen of Czechia, one of your parents must be a citizen of Czechia. It is not sufficient to be born in Czechia. You have to live in Czechia for 5 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.

The largest five cities in Czechia, by population are:-

• Prague 1,165,581 people
• Brno 369,559
• Ostravo 313,088
• Pilson 164,180
• Olomouc 101,268

For each country we will give you a diagram showing the population density. This is the average number of people for each square kilometre. Each little Owlbut is 1 person and the big yellow rectangle is 1 sq km. After a while you can compare countries and see which ones are the most crowded. Remember it is only an average as more people live closer together in towns and cities than in villages out in the country.



73.0% of the people live in cities or towns.

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The birth rate in Czechia is 9.5 births per 1,000 of population

The death rate in Czechia is 10.4 deaths per 1,000 people.

Check this against the birth rate. If the death rate is higher than the birth rate then the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.

There are 2.5 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 2.8 deaths of boys.

The median age for females is 43.0 and for males is 40.4. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number of people above the median age as below it.

The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 27.8.

The elderly dependency ratio is 26.9. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).

The potential support ratio is 3.7. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.

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Czechia spends 7.4% of its total income on health care.

There are 3.71 doctors per 1,000 people.

There are 6.8 hospital beds per 1,000 people.

26.0% of the population are estimated as obese.

100% of Czechs have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or protected rainwater collection facility.

99.1% of the urban population and 99.2% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer, a pit latrine (that is a permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.

Czechia releases 103.0 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy. This puts it as the 10th highest in Europe.

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Czechia spends 4.1% of its total income on education.

Children usually start school at age 6 in Czechia. Primary education is for five years until age 11 and secondary education must continue till 15 but can go on to 18/19. This may be followed by further education at a university or college.

Generally the school year consists of 3 terms and starts in the first week of September and finishes at the end of June. There is usually a 1 week break at Christmas and another 1 week break in February or March depending on the region.

99.0% of females and males are able to read and write by the age of 15.

10.5% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 11.4% are unemployed while with males 9.9% can't find work.

The total number of people available for work in Czechia is 5.49 million.

They work in the following sectors.

• Agriculture includes farming, fishing and forestry work
• Industry includes mining, manufacturing, construction and energy workers
• Services is everything else

5.6% of the workforce are unemployed.

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There are 41 paved in Czechia, which is the 14th highest number in Europe.


There are 9,621 kilometres of railways in Czechia, which is the 10th longest in Europe.


There are 130,661 kilometres of roads in Czechia, which means Czechia is in 11th place for the most kilometres of roads in Europe.

There are 5 major national newspapers in Czechia.

There are 13.93 million mobile phone users.

18% of the people have a fixed landline.



8.65 million people have access to the internet at home via any device (computer or mobile).

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