Area:             78,864 sq km, (30,449 sq miles)

Population:   10,291,900 inhabitans (in 1993)    

Capital:        Prague (Praha) 

Form of Government:    Republic   

President:     Vaclav Havel                                                                                   

Prime Minister:    Milos Zeman  

Governing Party: CSSD (Czech Social Democrats) 

Religion:       RC, Protestantism

Currency:     Czech Crown (Koruna) 

    The Czech Republic was constitued in January 1, 1993 after a peaceful division of Czechoslovakia into The Czech Republic and Slovakia.   The Czech Republic is situated in the middle of central Europe.  It is bounded by Germany on the west, Austria on the south, Slovakia on the east and Poland on the North.  The natural border is formed by the Giants Mountains (Krkonose) on the north, the Ore Mountains (Krusne hory) on the north-west, the Bohemian Forrest on the west along the border with Germany, Sumava mountain range on the soouth-west, and Jesneniky and Beskydy on the east.  The climate is humid continental with warm summers and pretty cold winters.