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Our republic

1. Location 2. President and curency 3. Geography 4. Industiry, agriculture 5. Population, language

The Czech Republic lies in the middle of Europe. It borders with Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria. The area of the Czech Republic is about 79 000 sq km. About 10 milion people live in the Czech Republic. The capital is Prague. The biggest towns of the Czech Republic are Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Olomouc.

Czech Republic has own president. In 2003 Václav Klaus was elected by the Czech national council as Prezident of the Czech Republic. The Czech goverments and ministries as the main executive powers. The main legislative powers are given to courts of justice. Czech republic has own valid constitutions. Curency is Crown.

In the Czech Republic there are many spots of great natural beauty as well as areas totally spoiled by industries. The border of Bohemia and Moravia is lined by the Šumava mountains, the Or, the Jizera, the Luž mountains, the Giant mountains and Eagle mountains. Bohemia and Moravia are separated by the Bohemian-Mora,vian Highlands. The highest mountain region in Moravia are the Hrubý Jeseník, the Moravian-Silesian Beskids. The highest Czech mountain is Sněžka. The largest rivers are the Vltava, the Elbe, the Morava. Casacades of dams were built on the Vltava River (Orlík, Lipno, Slapy). Bohemia and Moravia are quite rich in mineral springs and spas (Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně, Františkovy Lázně, Poděbrady, Luhačovice and so on). Among the most beautiful natural places are the Czech paradise, rock town in Prachov rocks, the Děčín walls, Czech Switzerland, the Boubín virgin forish, Koněprusy caves, Macocha abyss, the Jeseníky mountains. Among the most beautiful historic towns are the Prague, Kutná Hora, Tábor, Telč, Olomouc and so on. In the Czech Republic we can find a lot of castles for example Karlštejn, Křivolad, Konopiště, Bezděz, Lednice, Slavkov.

After more then 40 years under a state monopoly system, the Czech economy is undergoing crucial changes to reconstruct it into prosperous for market systém with the help of privatization. The most importan part of our economy is engineering (locomotives, tractors, agricultures tools, machine tools). Other important branches are chemical industries and tourism. Textile and glass industries have a long traditions as do cut glass, china and food productions. The main items of our agriculture are wheat, maize, sugar-beet, grapes, hops fruits. In animal production, casttle-breeding and pig-breeding are the most important. Fish-breeding, especially carp-breeding has a long tradition in South Bohemia ponds.

The mayor nationalities living here are Czech and Moravian, but there are minority groups such as Slovakians, the Silesians, the Roms, the Poles, the Germanes, the Ukrainians and the Russian.