Fast facts about the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic and its surroundings
- Area
78,886 sq.km
- Capital
Prague (Praha), Population: 1,178,576.
- Length of state border
2,303 km
- Population
10,246,178 (July 2004 est.)
- Population density
131 inhabitants/sq. km
- Religion
Atheist 39.8%, Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%
- Time zone
Central European Time (CET or UTC+1) in winter, CEST (UTC+2) in summer
- Calling Code
420
- Political system
Parliamentary democracy
- Currency
Koruna (Kc) - Czech crown (CZK)
- Climate
Temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
- Elevation extremes
Lowest point: Elbe River 115 m, highest point: Snezka 1,602 m