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  2. Czech Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Czech Republic, [c] [12] also known as Czechia, [d] [13] is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, [14] it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. [15]

  3. List of World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Czech Republic officially adopted the convention on 26 March 1993, inheriting those three sites. As of 2023, there are 17 sites inscribed on the list and a further 13 on the tentative list. The most recent addition is Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops, added in 2023.

  4. List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of municipalities of the Czech Republic which have status of a city, town or market town granted by law. As of 2024, there are 27 cities, 583 towns and 232 market towns in the Czech Republic. The population is shown in brackets and is current to 1 January 2024.

  5. Czech Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Czech Wikipedia. The Czech Wikipedia ( Czech: Česká Wikipedie) is the Czech language edition of Wikipedia. [1] [2] [3] This Wikipedia contains 548,067 articles, 2,414 active users, and 32 administrators. It was created on May 3, 2002. [4] However, at that time, Wikipedia ran on UseModWiki software. The three pages the Czech version had at the ...

  6. Regions of the Czech Republic - Wikipedia

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    During the reign of George of Poděbrady (1458–1471), Bohemia was divided into 14 regions, which remained so until 1714, when their number was reduced to 12 again. From 1751 to 1850, after the four largest regions were divided, the kingdom consisted of 16 regions. Between 1850 and 1862, there were several reforms and the number of regions ...

  7. List of Czech inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved Czech people or the Czech Republic including predecessor states in the history of the formation of the Czech Republic. This list covers innovation and invention in the mechanical, electronic, and industrial fields, as well as medicine ...

  8. Geography of the Czech Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the north. It consists mostly of low hills and plateaus surrounded along the borders by low mountains. Two areas of lowlands follow the Elbe river and the Morava river.

  9. List of presidents of the Czech Republic - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Czech Republic is a parliamentary representative democracy, with the president acting as head of state and the prime minister acting as head of government . The first president of the Czech Republic was Václav Havel. The current president, Petr Pavel, was sworn into office on 9 March 2023 - 2 January 2024 Until 2012, the president ...