europe • CZE
Czechia
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49.75° N / 15.5° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Prague
- Population
- 10,905,028 2024
- Area
- 78,865 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Czech, Slovak
- Currency
- Czech koruna (CZK)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Czech Republic
The Czech Republic (Czech: Česká republika), or Czechia (Česko) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is not a large country but has a rich and eventful history, including incidents and people like Saint Wenceslas, Jan Hus, the Thirty-years War, Operation Anthropoid and the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
Landscape & landmarks
There are more than 2000 castles, castle ruins and châteaux in the Czech Republic. Wherever you are in the Czech Republic, there will be some castle or chateaux nearby.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Knedlíky (usually translated as dumplings) come in many different kinds. Most kinds are used as side-dish, however, some kinds with filling are used as a dish by themselves. The most common type, always used as side-dish, are houskové knedlíky (bread dumplings). These are cooked in the shape of a cylinder, which is then cut into round slices about 8 cm in diameter remotely resembling white bread.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-11. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
A few more connections
- Highest point source-listed
- Sněžka Wikidata record ↗
Cited reference ↗
Wikidata, CC0 1.0. Source-matched, not independently certified. Observation year unavailable; retrieved 2026-09-27.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Central Europe
- Calling code
- +420
- Internet domain
- .cz
- Land border codes
- AUT, DEU, POL, SVK
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .cz. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.