Regions of the Czech Republic

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Since January 1, 2000 (according to Czech Law no. 129/2000 (Law on Regions), which replaced paragraph 1/1993 of the Czech Constitution on Vyšší územně správních celcích (higher-level territorial administrative units) the Czech Republic has consisted of thirteen regions (kraje) and one capital city (hlavní město) with regional status. 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	Pop.¹	Area (km²)	Pop.den. (/km²)	GDP	GDP/cpa
A	Prague (capital city)		1,170,571	496	2,360	637,704	547,096
S	Central Bohemian Region	Prague	1,144,071	11,015	104	288,888	253,912
C	South Bohemian Region	České Budějovice	625,712	10,057	62	150,970	251,106
P	Plzeň Region	Plzeň	549,618	7,561	73	137,911	216,639
K	Karlovy Vary Region	Karlovy Vary	304,588	3,315	92	65,789	216,639
U	Ústí nad Labem Region	Ústí nad Labem	822,133	5,335	154	188,041	229,146
L	Liberec Region	Liberec	427,563	3,163	135	94,451	229,146
H	Hradec Králové Region	Hradec Králové	547,296	4,758	115	133,767	244,549
E	Pardubice Region	Pardubice	505,285	4,519	112	116,639	230,880
M	Olomouc Region	Olomouc	635,126	5,159	123	134,376	211,467
T	Moravian-Silesian Region	Ostrava	1,257,554	5,535	227	280,210	222,638
B	South Moravian Region	Brno	1,123,201	7,067	159	285,855	254,684
Z	Zlín Region	Zlín	590,706	3,964	149	131,789	222,885
J	Vysočina Region	Jihlava	517,153	6,926	75	121,318	234,530

¹ 2004 estimate. | updated numbers and source (in Czech)

[edit] Symbols of Czech regions

Hlavní město Praha	Středočeský kraj	Jihočeský kraj	Plzeňský kraj
Karlovarský kraj	Ústecký kraj	Liberecký kraj	Královéhradecký kraj
Pardubický kraj	kraj Vysočina	Jihomoravský kraj	Olomoucký kraj
Zlínský kraj	Moravskoslezský kraj	Location of Czech regions in the map

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Subdivisions of the Czech Republic
• Districts of the Czech Republic
• ISO 3166-2:CZ
• NUTS:CZ

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