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Area
: 78,866 km2
Neighboring states : Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland
Length of state borders : 2,303 km
Km average height above the sea
level :
450m
(European average is 315 m)
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 (1.200.000 ab. circa.)
Language : Czech
Currency: Czech Crown
Phone Code : + (420)
Mobile Phone : Eurotel, T-Mobile, Vodafone
Emergency :112
Police : 158
First Aid : 155
Velocity limits: 50 km/h
in town, 90 km/h in main roads and 130 km/h in highways
and speedways.
During the driving no percentage of alcohol allowed in the blood.
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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
8 May
5 June Cyril and Metodej
6 July Jan Hus (1415)
28 September CZ nationhood (Václav)
28 October foundation of Czechoslovakia
17 November (1989 - start "Velvet revolution")
24 December Christmas
25 December Christmas
26 December Christmas
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in Czech Republic 
