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Prague. Basic information :. · area: 496km 2 · Inhabitans: 1, 178 000 · Density: 2,376obyvatel/km 2 · County seat: Prague. Character region:. Transport:. - Prague is the largest transport crossroads in Czech republic - The biggest international airport Ruzyně
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Basic information: ·area: 496km2 · Inhabitans: 1, 178 000 · Density: 2,376obyvatel/km2 · County seat: Prague
Transport: • - Prague is the largest transport crossroads in Czech republic • - The biggest international airport Ruzyně handle over 5mil. travellers/year • -metro(50km subways) • -Railway lines, roads and highways from different directions meet here
SURFACE: • -Prague lies on the plateau ofPoberounské Projection System • situated on the banks of the Vltava River • -centre of the city lies in a valley created by the erosion of river activities • -the 20 century: Prague began to grow beyond the Central Bohemian foothills.
Climate: • mild climate • more polluted air ( more heat) • Prague is more than 0,5 °C warmer than its surroundings • Prague has 470mm less rainfall per year
WATERS: • Height difference is about 11 metres • Possibility of sailing and boating • The Vltava in Prague is 23 km long
PLANTS AND ANIMALS: • -woods in Prague cover about 4,850 hectares, • -89 protected areas
POPULATION: • 1, 233, 211 peoples (2009) • after 2ndWorld War - a lot of housing estates were built • Americans, Slovaks, Russians and Ukrainians live here • Almost 2/3 peoples are non-religious • Life span is higher than anywhere else in the country
Prominent business andindustry: • -Zentiva-medicines • -LetovPrague- airproduction • -Aero Vodochody-development, productionandrepairsplanes • -ChocolateproductsNestlé-Orion Prague • -Staropramen
Places of interest • Orion started in 1891 with production turkish honey • 1st airport-Kbely-premises since 1919, today Airport Ruzyně – first plane landed in 1937 • Chocolate museum • Military factory for production of planes-Letov (Letňany)-the first company here for construction of planes (1918)
NP, Protectareas in the region: • -Protected area the Czech karst • -11 nature parks, 66 protected places and 15 natural reserves • -7 national-naturals monuments: Barandov rocks, Cikánka, Dalejský profile, Airport Letňany. Lochlovský profile, Požáry, Near New mills.
Prominent people of the city: • Karel Hynek Mácha • František Hrubín • Jan Werich • Jaroslav Seifert • Jan Neruda