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Area
: 78,866 km2
Neighboring states : Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland
Length of state borders : 2,303 km
The highest mountain: Snezka
1,602
The longest rivers: Vltava 435 km (270 miles)
Time Zone : GMT+1(CET).
Population: 10.256.503
Capital: Prague (1.300.000 ab. circa.)
Language : Czech
Currency: Czech Crown
Phone Code : + (420)
Mobile Phone : 02, T-Mobile, Vodafone
Emergency :112
Police : 158
First Aid : 155
ÈSR (Czechoslovakia) founded
28. 10.1918 - first president (1918 -1935) T.G.Masaryk
1948 - 1989 controlled by Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
ÈR (Czech Republic) founded
01. 01. 1993 - 2003 president Václav Havel
2003 - xxxx Václav Klaus
Member of NATO 1999
Member of EU 1.5. 2004
Split Czechoslovakia into Slovak and
Czech Republic 1.1.1993
The oldest university in
central Europe :
Charles University in Prague
founded 7. 4. 1348 by Charles IV.
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Free days in Czech
Republic
1 January - New Year
Monday - Easter
1 May - Labour day
8 May - Liberation day
5 June - Saint Cyril and Methodius
6 July - Jan Hus (1415)
28 September - St. Wenceslas
28 October - foundation of Czechoslovakia
17 November -
Struggle for Freedom and Democracy
Day
24 December - Christmas Eve
25 December- Christmas Day
26 December - Christmas St. Stephen's Day
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