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Facts & Figures

Population
Czech Republic - 10,304,302 (1997)
Prague - 1,213,800 (1997)


Ethnic Composition
Czech 81.2%, Moravian and Silesian 13.7 Slovak 3.1%, Polish 0.6%, German 0.5%, Romany 0.3%, other 0.3%.

Religion
Communism took its toll on the Czech Republic. According to the latest government figures, 39.9% of the country has no religion. The others: 39.0% Catholic, 2.5% Protestant, 1.7% Czech Hussite.
Local time
The Czech Republic is in the Central European Time Zone: GMT +1. Summertime (GMT +2) is in effect from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. When it is noon in Prague, it is 03:00 in San Francisco, 06:00 in New York, 11:00 in London, 12:00 in Paris, 13:00 in Bucharest, and 14:00 in Moscow.