Fact Sheet on the Czech Republic

Official language

Czech

Capital

Praha ( Prague)

President

Václav Klaus

Prime Minister

Jiří Paroubek

Area

78,866 km²

Population

10.25 million

Total GDP

$198.976 billion (41st)

GDP per capita

$19,475 (40th)

UN Human Development Index

Ranked 32nd (2004)

Christianized

AD 883 by Bořivoj I

Independence

Regained October 28, 1918 as Czechoslovakia;
Czech Republic created January 1, 1993

Currency

Czech koruna (CZK)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

National anthem

Where is My Home? Czech: Kde domov můj

Internet TLD

.cz

Calling Code

420 ("0" appended to Czechoslovakia's "42")

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