Regions of the Czech Republic
According to the Act no. 129/2000 Coll. on higher-level territorial self-governing units, which implements Chapter VII of the Czech Constitution, the Czech Republic is divided into thirteen regions and one capital city with regional status as of 1 January 2000. The older administrative units seventy-six districts are still recognized and remain the seats of various branches of state administration, such as the judicial system.
| Region | Czech Name | Capital | Population | Area | Population density | GDP | GDP per capita |
A | | Hlavní město Praha | Prague | 1,272,690 | 496.10 | 2,360 | 637,704 | 547,096 |
S | | Středočeský | Prague | 1,274,633 | 11,014.97 | 104 | 288,888 | 253,912 |
C | | Jihočeský | České Budějovice | 637,460 | 10,056.79 | 62 | 150,970 | 251,106 |
J | | Vysočina | Jihlava | 512,727 | 6,795.56 | 75 | 121,318 | 234,530 |
P | | Plzeňský | Plzeň | 574,694 | 7,560.93 | 73 | 137,911 | 216,639 |
K | | Karlovarský | Karlovy Vary | 310,245 | 3,314.46 | 92 | 65,789 | 216,639 |
U | | Ústecký | Ústí nad Labem | 830,371 | 5,334.52 | 154 | 188,041 | 229,146 |
L | | Liberecký | Liberec | 439,262 | 3,162.93 | 135 | 94,451 | 229,146 |
H | | Královéhradecký | Hradec Králové | 555,683 | 4,758.54 | 115 | 133,767 | 244,549 |
E | | Pardubický | Pardubice | 505,285 | 4,519 | 112 | 116,639 | 230,880 |
M | | Olomoucký | Olomouc | 639,946 | 5,266.57 | 123 | 134,376 | 211,467 |
T | | Moravskoslezský | Ostrava | 1,236,028 | 5,426.83 | 227 | 280,210 | 222,638 |
B | | Jihomoravský | Brno | 1,169,788 | 7,194.56 | 159 | 285,855 | 254,684 |
Z | | Zlínský | Zlín | 590,459 | 3,963.55 | 149 | 131,789 | 222,885 |
CZ | Czech Republic | | Prague | 10,562,214 | 78,864.92 | 130 | 2,767,717 | 271,161 |
Symbols of Czech regions