Czech Republic fact sheet

Population

10.3 million

Official Language

Czech

Time

Time Zone

Central European Time (CET)

Local Time

UTC (GMT) +1h

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

last Sunday in March to

last Sunday in October

Rainfall and temperature

Country size

78,703 square kilometers

30,449 square miles

Terrain

Mainly gently rolling plains

or moderately hilly

Public holidays

January 1

May 1

May 8

July 5-6

September 28

October 28

November 17

December 24 - 26

Utilities

Country calling code

420

Internet domain

cx

Voltage

220 V/50 Hz

Currency

Czech Koruna (CZK)

Note: The Eurodollar is

not yet widely used

Flag

Government

Type

Parliamentary Republic

Capital

Prague (Praha in Czech)

Recent history

In brief

Czechoslovakia was occupied

by Germany in World War II

and was controlled by the

Russians in the post-war

communist era. In 1989,

the people demonstratively

convinced Russia to

relinquish its control without

a battle (today that event

is called the "Velvet

Revolution"). In 1993,

Czechoslovakia peacefully

split into two counties, the

Czech Republic and Slovak

Republic.

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