Regions of The Czech Republic

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
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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