The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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slightly smaller than South Carolina

      Land boundaries:

       total: 1,881 km

       border countries: Austria 362 km, Germany 646 km, Poland 658 km,

       Slovakia 215 km

      Coastline:

       0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims:

       none (landlocked)

      Climate:

       temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters

      Terrain:

       Bohemia in the west consists of rolling plains, hills, and plateaus

       surrounded by low mountains; Moravia in the east consists of very

       hilly country

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Elbe River 115 m

       highest point: Snezka 1,602 m

      Natural resources:

       hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber

      Land use: arable land: 40% permanent crops: 3.04% other: 56.96% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land:

       240 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       flooding

      Environment - current issues: air and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain damaging forests; efforts to bring industry up to EU code should improve domestic pollution

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air

       Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air

       Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty,

       Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,

       Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,

       Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer

       Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic

       Pollutants, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol

      Geography - note:

       landlocked; strategically located astride some of oldest and most

       significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional

       military corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in

       central Europe

      People Czech Republic

      Population:

       10,249,216 (July 2003 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 15.4% (male 809,697; female 768,747)

       15–64 years: 70.6% (male 3,617,214; female 3,614,060)

       65 years and over: 14% (male 554,922; female 884,576) (2003 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 38.4 years

       male: 36.6 years

       female: 40.2 years (2002)

      Population growth rate:

       −0.08% (2003 est.)

      Birth rate:

       9.01 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Death rate:

       10.74 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 4.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

       male: 5.85 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 75.18 years

       male: 71.69 years

       female: 78.87 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.18 children born/woman (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       500 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       less than 10 (2001 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Czech(s)

       adjective: Czech

      Ethnic groups:

       Czech 81.2%, Moravian 13.2%, Slovak 3.1%, Polish 0.6%, German 0.5%,

       Silesian 0.4%, Roma 0.3%, Hungarian 0.2%, other 0.5% (1991)

      Religions:

       Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%,

       atheist 39.8%

      Languages:

       Czech

      Literacy:

       definition: NA

       total population: 99.9% (1999 est.)

       male: NA%

       female: NA%

      Government Czech Republic

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Czech Republic

       conventional short form: Czech Republic

       local short form: Ceska Republika

       local long form: Ceska Republika

      Government type:

       parliamentary democracy

      Capital:

       Prague

      Administrative divisions:

       13 regions (kraje, singular - kraj) and 1 capital city* (hlavni

       mesto); Jihocesky Kraj, Jihomoravsky Kraj, Karlovarsky Kraj,

       Kralovehradecky Kraj, Liberecky Kraj, Moravskoslezsky Kraj,

       Olomoucky Kraj, Pardubicky Kraj, Plzensky Kraj, Praha*, Stredocesky

       Kraj, Ustecky Kraj, Vysocina, Zlinsky Kraj

      Independence:

       1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and

       Slovakia)

      National holiday:

       Czech Founding Day, 28 October (1918)

      Constitution:

       ratified 16 December 1992; effective 1 January 1993

      Legal system:

       civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; has not accepted

       compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code modified to bring it in line

       with Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

       obligations and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory

      Suffrage: