- Czech Republic split itself from Czechoslovakia into a separate country in 1993.
- The capital of the Czech Republic is Prague.
- The country shares its borders with Slovak Republic in the east, Germany in the west as well as northwest, Poland in the north east and Austria in the south.
- The official language of Czech Republic is Czech.
- Land Size of Czech Republic : 78,866 sq km.
- Literacy rate: 99%.
- The two major rivers of the Czech Republic are Vltava and Elbe.
- Main Industries in the country: metallurgy, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, glass, armaments.
- Over 92 percent of the country’s total population comprises of Czech natives.
- Population of Czech Republic : 10 674 947 (nov, 2010 est.)
- The highest point in the country: Snìžka, at 5,256 ft (1,602 m).
- The Czech Republic is one of the least religious countries in the world.
- About 59 percent of the population in the Czech Republic is agnostic, atheist, or non-believer. About 26.8 percent is Roman Catholic while 2.5 percent is Protestant.
- Currency: Czech koruna (CZK)
- Czech people are the world's heaviest consumers of beer.
- Czech Republic is the 2nd richest country in the Eastern Europe, after the minuscule Slovenia.
- Agricultural products of Czech Republic: wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs and poultry.
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