Regions Of The Czech Republic
According to Czech Law no. 129/2000 (Law on Regions), which replaced paragraph 1/1993 of the Czech Constitution on vyšší územně-správní celky (higher-level territorial administrative units), the Czech Republic has consisted of thirteen regions (kraje) and one capital city (hlavní město) with regional status since 1 January 2000. The older seventy-three districts (okresy, singular okres) are still recognized and remain the seats of various branches of state administration, such as the judicial system.
Region | Capital | Population | Area (km²) | Population density (/km²) | GDP (in million CZK) | GDP per capita | |
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A | Prague | 1,170,571 | 496 | 2,360 | 637,704 | 547,096 | |
S | Central Bohemia | Prague | 1,144,071 | 11,015 | 104 | 288,888 | 253,912 |
C | South Bohemia | České Budějovice | 625,712 | 10,057 | 62 | 150,970 | 251,106 |
P | Plzeň | Plzeň | 549,618 | 7,561 | 73 | 137,911 | 216,639 |
K | Karlovy Vary | Karlovy Vary | 304,588 | 3,315 | 92 | 65,789 | 216,639 |
U | Ústí nad Labem | Ústí nad Labem | 822,133 | 5,335 | 154 | 188,041 | 229,146 |
L | Liberec | Liberec | 427,563 | 3,163 | 135 | 94,451 | 229,146 |
H | Hradec Králové | Hradec Králové | 547,296 | 4,758 | 115 | 133,767 | 244,549 |
E | Pardubice | Pardubice | 505,285 | 4,519 | 112 | 116,639 | 230,880 |
M | Olomouc | Olomouc | 635,126 | 5,159 | 123 | 134,376 | 211,467 |
T | Moravia-Silesia | Ostrava | 1,257,554 | 5,535 | 227 | 280,210 | 222,638 |
B | South Moravia | Brno | 1,123,201 | 7,067 | 159 | 285,855 | 254,684 |
Z | Zlín | Zlín | 590,706 | 3,964 | 149 | 131,789 | 222,885 |
J | Vysočina | Jihlava | 517,153 | 6,926 | 75 | 121,318 | 234,530 |
CZ | Czech Republic | Prague | 10,220,577 | 78,868 | 130 | 2,767,717 | 271,161 |
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