Czech Republic Package
General Information on Czech Republic

You will enjoy from 1-4 weeks expiriencing what Czech culture is all about.

Location:

middle Europe (see the picture)

Area:

78 864 sq. km (30 450 sq miles)

North-South distance:

278 km

East-West distance:

493 km

Average elevation above sea level:

450 m

National symbol

Austria (border length 443 km)
Germany (border length 815 km)
Poland (border length 713 km)
Slovakia (border length 265 km)

Capital:

Praha (Prague) (1 214 000 inhabitants)

Other big cities

Brno (388 000)
Ostrava (327 000)
Plzen (173 000)
Olomouc (106 000)
Liberec (102 000)
Usti nad Labem (100 000)
Hradec Kralove (100 000)
Ceske Budejovice (97 000)

Economy:

Currency:

Czech Crown (Kc)

Approximate Exchange Rate:

U.S.$1 = 35 Kc
current exchange rates are available on-line

Gross Domestic Product:

U.S.$27,500 million

Gross Domestic Product per capita:

U.S.$2700

Industry:

fuels, power supply, ferrous metallurgy, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, glass, textile, chemicals, armaments

Agriculture:

grains, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit, hogs, cattle, poultry, forrest products

 

 

Climate: long-term mean temperature in Prague:

Jan: -0.8° C
Feb: 0.3° C
Mar: 4.2° C
Apr: 9.5° C
May: 14.7° C
Jun: 18.2° C
Jul: 19.9° C
Aug: 19.2° C
Sep: 15.3° C
Oct: 9.6° C
Nov: 4.0° C
Dec: 1.0° C

Politics:

Government type:

parliamentary democracy

President:

Vaclav Havel

Prime Minister:

Josef Tosovsky

National flag

 

Population:

10.3 mil.

Population density:

130.7 citizen/sq. km

Nationalities:

Czech (95%)
Slovak (3%)
Polish (0.6%)
German (0.5%)
Gypsy (0.3%)
Hungarian (0.2%)
Other (0.4%)

Religions:

sources significantly differ in percentage of the various religions; data here are taken from the CIA World Fact Book '94
atheist (40%)
Roman Catholic (39%)
Protestant (5%)
Orthodox (3%)
other (13%)

Life expectancy at birth:

male 67 years
female 75 years