General overview : Czech Republic

. Area: 78.867 km˛
. Population: 10.467.542
. Capital: Praha (1.212.097 inhabitants)
.  Largest cities and number of inhabitants: Brno (366.680), Ostrava (309.098), Plzen (163.392), Olomouc (100.168)
. Official languages: Czech. Slovak holds an equal position on the whole territory of Czech Republic. In the small territory where the Polish minority stays (Eastern Silesia), Polish has an equal position too.
. Historical Lands: Cechy (Bohemia), Morava (Moravia), Slezsko (Czech part of Silesia).
Contemporary Administrative Division - 14 Regions (kraj): Capital Praha, Stredoceský, Jihoceský, Plzenský, Karlovarský, Ústecký, Liberecký, Královéhradecký, Pardubický, Vysocina, Jihomoravský, Olomoucký, Zlínský, Moravskoslezský.

For further information: Czech Statistical Office.