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Country size

78,703 square kilometers (30,449 square miles)

Time

 

Time zone

Central European Time (CET)

Local time

UTC (GMT) +1h

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October

Terrain

Mainly gently rolling plains or moderately hilly

Public holidays

January 1
May 1
May 8
July 5-6
September 28
October 28
November 17
December 24 - 26

Utilities

Country calling code: 420
Internet domain: cz
Voltage: 220 V/50 Hz

Government

 

Type

Parliamentary Republic

Capital

Prague (Praha in Czech)

Currency

Czech Koruna (CZK) and, in some situations, also the Euro

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