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City Statistics

Location: Banks of the Vltava, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Central Europe.
Country dialling code: 420. Prague’s phone numbers were digitised in 2002 with the old (02) prefix being replaced by a single (2).
Population: 1.23 million.
Ethnic mix: 94.4% Czech, 3% Slovakian, 0.6% Polish, 0.5% German, 0.3% Roma (gypsy), 0.2% Hungarian, 1% other (of which the largest groups are Russian and Vietnamese).
Religion: 39.8% atheist, 39.2% Roman Catholic, 4.6% Protestant, 3% Orthodox, 13.4% other.
Time zone: GMT + 1.
Electricity: 220-230 volts AC, 50Hz; round two-pin plugs are standard; converters are hard to find.
Average January temp: - 1C (30F).
Average July temp: 19C (62.6F).
Annual rainfall: 67mm (2.64 inches).



   
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