Czech Republic - Tourism and Travel

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is a popular destination for tourists.

It has an area of 30,450 square miles (9,251 square kilometers).

The Czech Republic is full of rolling countryside, fertile valleys and forested hills.

There is a continental climate.

Part of the Carpathian Mountains can be found in the Czech Republic.

To the southeast of the Carpathians lies the Bohemian Massif.

Part of the Sudeten and Krušné Hory mountain ranges, which are located in the Bohemian Massif, are also in the Czech Republic.

The Czech Republic was once part of the country of Czechoslovakia, which was a satellite of the former Soviet Union.

In 1993, Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent countries - the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The Czech Republic became a member of the European Union in 2004.

10,369,000 people live in the Czech Republic.

90% are Czech, 4% are Moravian and 2% are Slovak.

Czech is the official language. Slovak and Hungarian (Magyar) are also spoken.

The Czech Republic is highly industrialized, with strong consumer goods, automobile, steel, iron, industrial machinery, glass and chemicals industries.

Traditionally, breweries and glassworks have been important.

There are large reserves of iron ore, coal, lignite and timber.

The Czech Republic has a parliamentary system of government.

The official currency is the Czech koruna, which consists of 100 haleru.