Regions of the Czech Republic

Regions of the Czech Republic
Kraje České republiky (Czech)
Regions of the Czech Republic; Kraje České republiky (Czech)
Category	Unitary state
Location	Czech Republic
Number	14 Regions
Populations	310,245 (Karlovy Vary) – 1,274,633 (Central Bohemia)
Areas	500 km2 (192 sq mi) (Prague) - 11,015.0 km2 (4,252.90 sq mi) (Central Bohemia)
Government	Region government, National government;
Subdivisions	District;

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

References

[1] The death of the districts – 2003 January 2003 – Radio Prague

[2] Czech Republic at GeoHive

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v t e First-level administrative divisions in European countries
Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia² Austria Azerbaijan¹ Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus² Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia¹ Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan¹ Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia¹ San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey¹ Ukraine United Kingdom
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Symbols of Czech regions

See also

References