Areas of the Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a country resulting from the division of old the Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia was formerly divided into ten provinces: seven Czech provinces (five provinces of Bohemia and two of Moravie) and three Slovak provinces . Today, the Czech Republic is subdividée in 13 administrative areas ( kraj ) and the city-capital (Prague).

7 old Czech provinces

Old provinces of Bohemia

Bohemia was divided into five provinces:

Bohemia of North,
Western Bohemia,
Central Bohemia,
Eastern Bohemia and
Bohemia of the South.

Old provinces of Moravie

Moravie consisted of two provinces:

Moravie of North
Moravie of the South

14 current Czech areas

The Czech Republic is subdivided of 14 administrative entities, all identified by a code in the standard ISO 3166-2: CZ.

13 of them are administrative areas ( kraj ):

in the old traditional area of Bohemia (Western part of the country):

the Area of central Bohemia ( Středočeský kraj ) around the capital, Prague
the Area of Bohemia of the South ( Jihočeský kraj ) around České Budějovice
the Area of Karlovy Vary ( Karlovarský kraj ) around Karlovy Vary (more known under its German name of Karlsbad)
the Area of Hradec Králové ( Královéhradecký kraj ) around Hradec Králové
the Area of Liberec ( Liberecký kraj ) around Liberec
the Area of Plzeň ( Plzeňský kraj ) around Plzeň
the area of Ústí nad Labem ( Ústecký kraj ) around Ústí nad Labem

partially in old Bohemia and old Moravie (in the center of the country):

the Area of Pardubice ( Pardubický kraj ) around Pardubice
the Area of Vysočina ( Kraj Vysočina or Vysočina ) around Jihlava

in the old traditional area of Moravie (oriental party of the country):

the Area of Moravie-Silesia ( Moravskoslezský kraj ) around Ostrava
the Area of Moravie of the South ( Jihomoravský kraj ) around the capital of Moravie, Brno
the area of Olomouc ( Olomoucký kraj ) around Olomouc
the Area of Zlín ( Zlínský kraj ) around Zlín

The city-capital is the 14th Czech administrative subdivision, but is not an administrative area ( kraj ):

Prague (Hlavní město Praha)

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