Regions of the Czech Republic

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      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,[1] such as the judicial system.

      Regions of the Czech Republic. The letter identifying each is used in licence plates from that region.


      Region Capital Population[2] 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

      Symbols of Czech regions

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      References

      1. ^ The death of the districts – 2003 January 2003 – Radio Prague
      2. ^ 2004 estimate. updated numbers and source (in Czech)
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