| | Geographic Coordinates: | 49 45 N, 15 30 E | | Location: | Central Europe, southeast of Germany | | Area: | total: 78,866 sq km
land: 77,276 sq km
water: 1,590 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly smaller than South Carolina | | Land boundaries: | total: 2,290.2 km
border countries: Austria 466.3 km, Germany 810.3 km, Poland 761.8 km, Slovakia 251.8 km | | Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) | | 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 | | Capital: | 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 (Prague)*, Stredocesky Kraj, Ustecky Kraj, Vysocina, Zlinsky Kraj |
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