Czech Republic — Capital, Flag and Country Facts

Explore Czech Republic: capital Prague, population, flag, geography, languages, history and culture.

Czech Republic is in Europe. Its capital is Prague.

Climate

Temperate continental with warm summers and cold, cloudy winters

Bohemian plateau surrounded by low mountains; Moravian lowlands in the east

Czechs drink more beer per capita than any other country - about 140 liters per person yearly.

Prague Castle is the largest ancient castle complex in the world, covering over 70,000 square meters.

The Czech Republic invented the soft contact lens, sugar cube, and the word "robot".

863: Great Moravia receives Christianity from Saints Cyril and Methodius

1348: Charles University founded in Prague, the oldest in Central Europe

1918: Czechoslovakia declared independent from Austria-Hungary

1968: Prague Spring reforms crushed by Soviet-led invasion

1989: Velvet Revolution peacefully ends communist rule

1993: Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolves into Czech Republic and Slovakia