czech republic - country overview

Czech

by Chernyshev Pavel

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Density134/km2 (84th)

Religion80% Non-declared or non-religious10.3% Roman Catholic

Official languageCzech

AreaTotal 78,866 km2 (116th)Water 2%

NationalitiesCzechs 6 732 104Moravians 522 474 Slovakians 149 140Polish 39 269Germans 18 772Romanyes 13 150

NATO on 12 March 1999

1995, the OECD, Czech education system as the 15th best in the world

Part of Schengen Area and European Union from 1 May 2004

It held the Presidency of the European Union for the first half of 2009.

The Czech Republic is ranked 30th in the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom.

Currency is Czech crowns. Euro adaptation not earlier than 2019.

Political systemCzech Republic is a multi-party parliamentary representative democratic republic

Czech Chamber of Deputies

Senate of the Parliament

Economics

GDP per capita at purchasing power parity

was $27,100 in 2011, which is 85% of the EU

average.

The principal industries are: • heavy and general

machine-building• iron and steel

production• chemical

production• electronics,

transportation equipment

• textiles, glass, brewing, ceramics

Its main agricultural products are sugarbeets, fodder roots,

potatoes, wheat, and

hops.

GDP (pp.): $273.1 billion (2011)GDP per capita (pp.): $25,934 (2011)GDP by sector: Agriculture: 2.9% Industry: 38.7% Services: 58.7% (2008)Inflation: 1.9% (2011)Labour Force: 5,370,000 (2008)Unemployment: 6.5% (Jun 2011)

Václav Havel Airport in Prague is the main international airport in the country. In 2010, it handled 11.6 million passengers, which makes it the busiest airport in Central and Eastern Europe.

Infrastructure

Czech railways is the main railway operator in the Czech Republic, with about 180 million passengers carried yearly. Its cargo division, ČD Cargo, is the fifth largest railway cargo operator in the European Union. With 9,505 km of tracks, the Czech Republic has one of the densest railway networks in Europe.

The road network in the Czech Republic is 55,653 km long. and 738,4 km of motorways and 439,1 km of expressways. The speed limit is 50 km/h within towns, 90 km/h outside of towns and 130 km/h on expressways.

Education system

Education in the Czech Republic is free

Education system

Education in the Czech Republic is free

PragueIt is the sixth-most-visited European city after London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and Berlin.

Education system

Education in the Czech Republic is free

PragueIt is the sixth-most-visited European city after London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and Berlin.

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