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As of 2024, there are 57 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English is an official language. Many administrative divisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. Most states where English is an official language are former territories of the British Empire.
For most of its history, Prague had been a multi-ethnic city [57] with important Czech, German and (mostly native German-speaking) Jewish populations. [58] From 1939, when the country was occupied by Nazi Germany, Hitler took over Prague Castle. During the Second World War, most Jews were deported and killed by the Germans.
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. [1]
Brno (/ ˈ b ɜːr n oʊ / BUR-noh, [5] Czech: ⓘ; German: Brünn) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 400,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities of the European Union.
The European Union is a supranational union composed of 27 member states. The total English-speaking population of the European Union and the United Kingdom combined (2012) is 256,876,220 [70] (out of a total population of 500,000,000, [71] i.e. 51%) including 65,478,252 native speakers and 191,397,968 non-native speakers, and would be ranked 2nd if it were included.
The city's McGill University, an English-language institution, allows students to submit essays or tests in either English or French. [70] Although there is a sizable English-speaking population in Quebec, French is the only official language of the provincial government.
Plzeň (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpl̩zɛɲ] ⓘ), also known in English and German as Pilsen (German: ⓘ), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 186,000 inhabitants.
Karlovy Vary (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkarlovɪ ˈvarɪ] ⓘ; German: Karlsbad [ˈkaʁlsˌbaːt] ⓘ, formerly also spelled Carlsbad in English) is a spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá rivers.