Czech Republic

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Czech Republic (Česká republika) is a country in central Europe. The capital and the biggest city is Prague. The currency is the Czech Crown (koruna - CZK). The president of is Václav Klaus. The Czech Republic's population is 10 million.

Hradčany - Prague castle
Hradčany - Prague castle

Its official language is Czech language. The Czech language is a Slavic language. It is related to languages like Slovak and Polish. In 1993 the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the name Czechia be used for the country outside of formal official documents. This has not caught on in English usage.

The area was a part of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1992. Czechoslovakia became independent in 1918 from Austro-Hungarian Empire. The first Czechoslovakian president was Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Czechoslovakia peacefully split into two countries (Czech Republic and Slovakia) in 1993. Czech Republic has been a member of the European Union since May 1, 2004.

Czech Republic has no sea; its neighbour countries are Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Poland.

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