Czech Republic
/ˌtʃɛk rɪˈpʌblɪk
/
A country in central Europe; population 10,211,900 (est. 2009); official language, Czech; capital, Prague.
Formerly one of the two constituent republics of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic became independent on the partition of that country on 1 January 1993. It comprises the former provinces of Bohemia, Silesia, and Moravia