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  Czech Republic - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
According to its constitution the Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy, whose head of state is a president, indirectly elected every five years by the parliament.
The Czech parliament (Parlament) is bicameral, with a Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna) and a Senate (Senát).
The majority of the inhabitants of the Czech Republic (95%) are ethnically Czech and speak Czech, a member of the Slavic languages.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bohemia
Bohemia is bordered by Germany to the southwest, west, and northwest, Poland to the north-east, the Czech historical region of Moravia to the east, and Austria to the south.
Flag of Moravia Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava; German: ; Hungarian: ; Polish:) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic.
Bohemia (Czech: Čechy; German: Böhmen) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bohemia   (5285 words)

  
 Courses Offered - Advanced Courses
Prerequisites: Geography 1 or 3 and one course numbered between 12 and 41, or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: Geography 1 or 3 and one course from 12-41 or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: Geography 1 or 3, two courses from Social Science 10 (or equivalent), Geography 11, Geography 55/58, or permission of the instructor.
www.dartmouth.edu /%7Egeog/courses/advanced.html   (372 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Moravia
Vysoand#269;ina Region (Czech: kraj Vysoand#269;ina), also known as Jihlava Region, is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia and partly in the south-west of the historical region of Moravia.
In the north, Moravia borders Poland and Czech Silesia; in the east, Slovakia; in the south, Lower Austria; and in the west, Bohemia.
Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava, German: Mähren, Polish: Morawy, Hungarian: Morvaország) is an historical region in the east of the Czech Republic.
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 Czech Republic (03/07)
The Czechs lost their national independence to the Hapsburgs Empire in 1620 at the Battle of White Mountain and for the next 300 years were ruled by the Austrian Monarchy.
The Czech Republic is gradually reducing its dependence on highly polluting low-grade brown coal as a source of energy, in part because of EU environmental requirements.
The Czech Republic is scheduled to host the rotating EU Presidency during the first half of 2009.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3237.htm   (5096 words)

  
 Background Notes Archive - Europe
The Czechs lost their national independence to the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1620 at the Battle of White Mountain and, for the next 300 years, were ruled by the Austrian Monarchy.
The Czech Republic has a well educated population and a well developed infrastructure, but its industrial plants and much of its industrial equipment tend to be obsolete.
The republic's economic transformation is far from complete--the government still faces serious challenges in transforming the housing sector, privatizing the health care system, solving serious environmental problems, and helping newly privatized state-owned companies adjust to the rigors of free-market competition.
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 The Czech Republic
Under Charles IV the Czech Kingdom became the centre of the Holy Roman Empire and the city of Prague was the capital town.
The Czech Republic is situated in the centre of Europe and sometimes it is called the heart of Europe.
The biggest mountain in the Czech Republic is Sněžka (1612m) in the Giant Mountains and the longest river is the Vltava.
www.maturita.cz /anglictina/czech_republic.htm   (1285 words)

  
 Geography
What Geography Is Geographers study the material and symbolic transformation of the earth in relationship to both human and natural processes. In keeping with contemporary global shifts in culture, the environment, politics and economics, the boundaries of the geographic discipline are dynamic.
Geography is both a natural science and a social science as it examines people and their environment and serves as a bridge between the physical and cultural worlds.
Human geography (a social science) is concerned especially with the political, economic, social, and cultural processes and resource practices that give definition to particular places and that are affected by them.
www.dartmouth.edu /apply/generalinfo/overview/majors/geography.html   (397 words)

  
 Information on Czech Republic, Climate of Czech Republic, World Factbook Czech Republic, Czech Republic Map, Map of ...
Czech Republic, a landlocked country in Central Europe, gained independence on January 1 1993, when the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (Czechoslovakia) was dissolved.
Czech Republic is made up of the historic regions of Bohemia and Moravia, and part of Silesia.
The main rivers of the Czech Republic are the Elbe (known locally as the Labe), the Vltava, the Ohre, the Morava, the Lužnice, the Jihlava, and the Svratka.
www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/czech-republic.html   (331 words)

  
 Tourism in Czech Republic, Online-reservations, Prague hotels
Geography - the Czech Republic is situated in the central Europe, sharing frontiers with Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria.
Besides Prague, the czech republic capital, tourists are drawn to the spa towns of Karlovy Vary and Marianske Lazne, and to the very beautiful region of South Bohemia.
Tourism in the Czech Republic really dates from the 1989 Velvet Revolution and is largely focused around Prague, (near the middle of Bohemia).
www.crystal-treasury.com /czech_republic.htm   (734 words)

  
 Czech Republic - Gurupedia
Czech), which was announced by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs already in
The majority of the inhabitants of the Czech Republic (95%) are ethnically Czech and speak Czech, a member of the
Slovaks remained in the Czech Republic and comprise roughly 2% of the current population.
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 1Up Travel : Czech Republic Geography and Facts
The Czech Republic is situated approximately in the geographical center of Europe and has an area of 78,866 sq.
In the northwest, the Krusne Hory (Ore Mountains) border on the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and are known to the Germans as the Erzgebirge; the Sudeten Mountains in the northeast border on Poland in an area that was part of Germany before World War II.
The Cesky Les, bordering on the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), and the Sumava Mountains, bordering on West Germany and Austria, are mountain ranges that form the western and southwestern portions of the ring around the Bohemian Basin.
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 Country overview
The Czech Republic is one of the most stable and prosperous of the post-communist states with unemployment being relatively low in comparison with its neighbours.
The Czech Republic is a relatively small, landlocked country in the heart of central Europe.
The Czech Republic was one of ten new countries to join the European Union (EU) on 1 May 2004.
www.prospects.ac.uk /cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_working_and_studying_abroad/Country_specific_information/Czech_Republic/General_information/p!eLdacb   (213 words)

  
 Czech republic - Hearth of Europe !
The Czech Republic (Czech: Česká republika) is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 announced that the name Czechia (Czech: Česko) is to be used in all situations other than formal official documents and the full names of government institutions.
Map of the Czech RepublicThe Czech landscape is quite varied; Bohemia to the west consists of a basin, drained by the Elbe (Labe) and Vltava rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudeten with its part Krkonose, where one also finds the highest point in the country, the Snezka at 1,602 m.
czechtravelinfo.com   (856 words)

  
 Czech Republic Travel Tips - Overview of Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is situated in central Europe, sharing frontiers with Germany, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Austria.
Only about one-quarter of the size of the British Isles, the republic is hilly and picturesque, with historic castles, romantic valleys and lakes, as well as excellent facilities to ‘take the waters’ at one of the famous spas or to ski and hike in the mountains.
Besides Prague, the Czech capital, tourists are drawn to the spa towns of Karlovy Vary and Mariánské Lázne, and to the very beautiful region of south Bohemia.
www.southtravels.com /europe/czech/traveltips.html   (1370 words)

  
 Czech Republic: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
A Hapsburg, Ferdinand I, ascended the throne in 1526.
A union of the Czech lands and Slovakia was proclaimed in Prague on Nov. 14, 1918, and the Czech nation became one of the two component parts of the newly formed Czechoslovakian state.
Czech Republic: Economy - Economy In state hands during the Communist era, the much of Czech Republic's agricultural and...
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 Getting to know the Czech Republic - Czech republic
The Czech Republic is linked to the rich historical tradition of the Czech Crown Lands, especially with the democratic heritage of 1918-38, when the Czechoslovak Republic was one of the most advanced nations.
The service in the Czech Republic is provided by means of traditional and specialized medical institutions, where various medical procedures are performed, from immunization to demanding operations and research.
Vision of the Czech Republic in this field is focused on prevention and maintenance of the high standard of the public healthcare.
www.czech.cz /en/czech-republic   (1369 words)

  
 Czech Republic Flag
The Meaning and History of the Czech Republic Flag - Czechoslovakia (Ceskoslovensko in Czech and in Slovak) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992.
A Flag of Czech Republic, when in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem of display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning in private with all due care and respect
The Czech Republic was part of Czechoslovakia until the "velvet divorce" in January 1993.
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 Geography
The Czech lands border Germany to the west while Slovakia reaches to the southwestern edge of the Ukraine on its eastern border.
Poland borders both republics in the north, while Austria dominates the southern border of the Czech lands and part of Slovakia's western frontier.
Of the Czech and Slovak lands, the Czech topography is the gentler of the two, with predominantly rolling hills and a few flat areas.
www.jobmonkey.com /teaching/europe/html/geography.html   (235 words)

  
 Czech Republic - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
LOCATION and GEOGRAPHY: The Czech Republic is a landlocked country located in the heart of Europe.
It is bound by Poland to the north, Austria to the south, Germany to the west and Slovakia to the east.
In Jan. 1993 Vaclav Havel was elected President of the Czech Republic while Klaus formed a four-party coalition that held an absolute parliamentary majority and supported his rapid movement towards a market economy through privatization and integration into Europe.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/czech.htm   (1284 words)

  
 Czech Republic, Map and Flag
In December 2002, the Czech Republic was invited to join the European Union (EU).
It is expected that the Czech Republic will accede to the EU in 2004.
The EU put the Czech Republic just behind Poland and Hungary in preparations for accession, which will give further impetus and direction to structural reform.
www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Czech_Republic.html   (1288 words)

  
 Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The geography of industry, as a scientific discipline, is in a context of other disciplines, even geographical ones, a very recent issue.
That is why the geography of industry has been for a number of decades substituted by mainly historic sciences, economics and statistics, and pursued a fast development of industrial production only from a distance.
A number of studies and research carried out demonstrate that most jobs created by foreign investors in the Czech Republic are going to be aimed at assembling works rather that at creation of new jobs for highly qualified workforce in hi-tech branches.
www.muni.cz /research/publications/622965   (1036 words)

  
 Czech Republic
The Czech Republic belongs to the mild climatic region.
The Czech Republic was established in 1993 after splitting from the Slovak Republic.
The Czech Society for Horticultural Science and the Horticultural Department of the Czech Agricultural Academy of Science have their seat at the Faculty of Horticulture of the Mendel University.
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 Geography Of Czech Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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 Czech Republic: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
The Czech Republic and the EU's influence on its treatment of Roma.
The Czech Republic is an integral part of European civilisation.
Czech players follow two-pronged strategy: Czech banks are focusing on institutions and consumers in preparation for the opportunities......
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 Geography Of Czech Republic | Europe Travel
Czech Republic : Geographic coordinates 49 45 N, 15 30 E Czech Republic : Population growth rate -0.07% Czech Republic...
Pec pod Sněžkou : Czech Republic Pec pod Sněžkou (Petzer in German, Pec pod Śnieżką in Polish) is small town in...
Náchod : Czech Republic Náchod is a town in the Czech Republic, in Hradec Králové Region.
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 Excite UK - Travel - Europe - Czech Republic - General
The Czech Republic is situated in central Europe, sharing frontiers with Germany, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Austria.
Only about one-quarter of the size of the British Isles, the republic is hilly and picturesque, with historic castles, romantic valleys and lakes, as well as excellent facilities to take the waters’ at one of the famous spas or to ski and hike in the mountains.
Besides Prague, the Czech capital, tourists are drawn to the spa towns of Karlovy Vary and Mariánské Lázne, and to the very beautiful region of south Bohemia.
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 Czech Republic Facts
gallery of Czech Republic architecture; Castles and chateaux some of them are way over 1000 and gallery of Czech modern architecture.
The Czech Republic is squeezed between Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Poland.
Czech is four seasoned country with a continental climate.
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 Czech Republic
The winters in the Czech Republic are cold and very snowy.
The farmers in the Czech Republic grow wheat, potatoes, sugar beats, hops, and fruits.
The countries that surround the Czech Republic are Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Poland.
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 World InfoZone - Czech Republic Information - Page 1
The climate of the Czech Republic is temperate with warm summers and cold winters.
The population of the Czech Republic was estimated at 10,235,455 in 2006.
Main meals in the Czech Republic usually consist of beef or pork, and sometimes fish, served with potatoes or rice or dumplings.
www.worldinfozone.com /country.php?country=CzechRepublic   (398 words)

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