Czechoslovakia

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Czechoslovakia (Czech: Československo, Slovak: Česko-Slovensko/before 1990 Československo) was a country in Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992.

On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in what was known as the Velvet Divorce.

Československo
(In Detail)
National motto: (19181989) Pravda vítězí

(Czech: Truth prevails)

(19891992) Veritas Vincit
(Latin: Truth prevails)
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Official languages Czech and Slovak
Capital Prague
Area (1991) 127,900 km²
Population (1991) 15,600,000
Czechs 54.1%, Slovaks 31%, Moravians 8.7%, Hungarians 3.8%, Gypsies 0.7%
Currency Czechoslovak crown (Kčs) = 100 halers
Time zone UTC+1
National anthem Kde domov můj + Nad Tatrou sa blýska
ISO 3166-1 CS (obsolete)
Internet TLD .cs (obsolete, as .cz and .sk were assigned to the two countries resulting from the split)