Language: Czech
Political System: Parliamentary Republic
Population:10.507.000
Border with ...
Currency:czech koruna
Total area:78.866 Km sq
Capital city: Prague
The Czech Republic is called in Czech Ceska
republika, name that derives from the name of the largest region of the
country, (Bohemia) or of the ethnonym , name of one of the Slavic tribes who
inhabited the present territory of the country after the time of the migrations
and that dominated the area towards the 530.The origin of the name of the tribe
is unknown. According to a legend, the name comes from the leader Praotec Čech
("Czech father").
The current ethnic composition is as follows: 84´4 % Czechs, 10 % Gypsies,
8´6 % (Slovak, Ukranian, Polish, German), 1 % Asians.
CULTURE
The
culture of this Republic is rich and varied. Twelve of its historical monuments
are inscribed on the list of World Heritage of Unesco.
TYPICAL FOOD
The dumplings, which are a kind
of succulent 'meatballs' flour that tend to be a very typical accompaniment of
Czech dishes, can be found made of potato and bread crumbs .As a general rule
be proparan into slices before being served on a plate.
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Franz
Kafka (1883-1924)
Writer. Author of the depressing but universally read novel The Trial, Kafka was a German-Jewish Praguer who, for much of his adult life, worked in relative obscurity as a sad Prague insurance clerk. In works like Metamorphosis, The Castle, and Amerika, Kafka described surreal and suffocating worlds of confusion. Now many use the adjective Kafkaesque to mean “living in absurdity.” Anyone who tries to apply for anything at a state office here will know that Kafka’s world lives on.
Writer. Author of the depressing but universally read novel The Trial, Kafka was a German-Jewish Praguer who, for much of his adult life, worked in relative obscurity as a sad Prague insurance clerk. In works like Metamorphosis, The Castle, and Amerika, Kafka described surreal and suffocating worlds of confusion. Now many use the adjective Kafkaesque to mean “living in absurdity.” Anyone who tries to apply for anything at a state office here will know that Kafka’s world lives on.
Good post, Dean. As you can see it wasn't so difficult, was it?
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