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According to Czech Law no. 129/2000 (''Law on Regions''), which replaced paragraph of the [[Constitution of the Czech Republic|Czech Constitution]] on higher-level territorial administrative units (''vyšší územně-správní celky''), the [[Czech Republic]] consists of thirteen regions (''[[kraj]]e'') and one [[capital city]] (''hlavní město'') with regional status since 1 January 2000. The older [[List of districts of the Czech Republic|seventy-three districts]] (''okresy'', singular ''okres'') are still recognized and remain the seats of various branches of state administration,<ref>[http://www.radio.cz/en/article/36046 The death of the districts{{spaced ndash}}2003 January 2003{{spaced ndash}}Radio Prague]</ref> such as the judicial system.
According to the Act no. 129/2000 [[Coll.]] (''Law on Regions'') on higher-level territorial self-governing units (''vyšší územní samosprávné celky''), ), which implements the Chapter VII of the [[Constitution of the Czech Republic|Czech Constitution]], the [[Czech Republic]] is divided in thirteen regions (''[[kraj]]e'') and one [[capital city]] (''hlavní město'') with regional status as of 1 January 2000. The older administrative units [[List of districts of the Czech Republic|seventy-three districts]] (''okresy'', singular ''okres'') are still recognized and remain the seats of various branches of state administration,<ref>[http://www.radio.cz/en/article/36046 The death of the districts{{spaced ndash}}2003 January 2003{{spaced ndash}}Radio Prague]</ref> such as the judicial system.


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This article is about current administrative division of the Czech Republic. For the traditional historical division of the country, see Czech lands.

Regions of the Czech Republic
Kraje České republiky (Czech)
CategoryUnitary state
LocationCzech Republic
Number14 Regions
Populations310,245 (Karlovy Vary) – 1,274,633 (Central Bohemia)
Areas500 km2 (192 sq mi) (Prague) - 11,015.0 km2 (4,252.90 sq mi) (Central Bohemia)
Government
Subdivisions
Politics of the Czech Republic
Constitution
Executive
Parliament
Judiciary
Recent elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations

According to the Act no. 129/2000 Coll. (Law on Regions) on higher-level territorial self-governing units (vyšší územní samosprávné celky), ), which implements the Chapter VII of the Czech Constitution, the Czech Republic is divided in thirteen regions (kraje) and one capital city (hlavní město) with regional status as of 1 January 2000. The older administrative units 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.

Region Czech Name
(kraj) 		Capital Population
(2011 census) [2] 		Area
(km2) 		Population density
(/km2) 		GDP
(in million CZK) 		GDP per capita
A  Prague Hlavní město Prague 1,272,690 496.10 2,360 637,704 547,096
S  Central Bohemia Středočeský Prague 1,274,633 11,014.97 104 288,888 253,912
C  South Bohemia Jihočeský České Budějovice 637,460 10,056.79 62 150,970 251,106
P  Plzeň Plzeňský Plzeň 574,694 7,560.93 73 137,911 216,639
K  Karlovy Vary Karlovarský Karlovy Vary 310,245 3,314.46 92 65,789 216,639
U  Ústí nad Labem Ústecký Ústí nad Labem 830,371 5,334.52 154 188,041 229,146
L  Liberec Liberecký Liberec 439,262 3,162.93 135 94,451 229,146
H  Hradec Králové Královéhradecký Hradec Králové 555,683 4,758.54 115 133,767 244,549
E  Pardubice Pardubický Pardubice 505,285 4,519 112 116,639 230,880
M  Olomouc Olomoucký Olomouc 639,946 5,266.57 123 134,376 211,467
T  Moravia-Silesia Moravskoslezský Ostrava 1,236,028 5,426.83 227 280,210 222,638
B  South Moravia Jihomoravský Brno 1,169,788 7,194.56 159 285,855 254,684
Z  Zlín Zlínský Zlín 590,459 3,963.55 149 131,789 222,885
J  Vysočina Kraj Vysočina Jihlava 512,727 6,795.56 75 121,318 234,530
CZ  Czech Republic Prague 10,562,214 78,864.92 130 2,767,717 271,161

Symbols of Czech regions

See also

References

  1. ^ The death of the districts – 2003 January 2003 – Radio Prague
  2. ^ Czech Republic at GeoHive
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