The Czech Republic – Basic facts – angličtina

Otázka: The CR – Basic facts

Jazyk: Angličtina

Přidal(a): bara

The Czech Republic

Capital: Prague
Official language: Czech
Largest cities: Prague, Brno, Ostrava
Population: 10,5 milion inhabitants
Area: 78 864 sq.km
Density: 131 people to one sq. km
Currency: Czech crown
Flag: white, red, blue (have symbolize silver Czech lion, symbolize red sphere shield, blue is symbol of Slovak.
Symbol: 2 eagles, 2 lions
(Quarterly, first and fourth part a lion rampant double-queued Argent crowned, armed and langued Or (for Bohemia), second quarter Azure an eagle displayed chequy gules and argent crowned, armed and langued Or (for Moravia), third quarter Or, Upon an eagle displayed Sable crowned, armed and langued proper (for Silesia).
Form of Goverment: Republic
Head of Goverment: Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok
Head of State: President Miloš Zeman
Legislature: Bicameral legistature: Chamber of Deputies, 200 deputies, Senate, 81 senators
Highest court: Supreme court

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Geography:

Neighbours: Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Austria
Highest Peak: Sněžka (1603 m)
Major Rivers: Elbe, Vltava, Moravia
Political Administration: 14 regions
Climate: humid continental climate with cold winters and warm summers.
25 Landscape parks (CHKO)
Mountains: the Krkonoše, The Jizerské, The Orlické, The Krušné Mountains
Agriculture: 40% of land is cultivated
- Crops grown in the CR: barley,wheat,corn,rye,sugar,beets, potatoes,flax and hops
- Farmers breed pigs, sheep,cattle, fowl.
Mining and Manufacturing: steelworks, glass industry, jewellery, kaolin, clay

History:

From the historical point of wiew, our territory has been inhabited by Slavonia tribe in the 5^th
The first Slavonia state was Samo´s Empire founded in 623
After 9^thcentury Great Moravien Empire
The power was taken over by the Přemysl dynasty
The greatest development of Prague was in 14^th century during the reign of Charles IV from the dynasty of the Luxemburgs.
He founded Charles University and he promoted the construction of Charles Bridge
15^th century was marked by the Hussite Movement.
It is named after John Huss, who was burnt as a heretic
The other dynasties were: Jagiellonian and after Habsburg dynasty
World War I.
1918 Czechoslovakia
After World War II. the power was taken by the communists till the velvet revolution.
1993 the Czech and Slovak republic
1999 Joined the North Atlantic Treaty Org. (NATO)
2004 Joined the European Union

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