Czech Republic 捷克
（重定向自Czech Rep）
![Location of the Czech Republic (dark green)– in Europe (green & dark grey)– in the European Union (green) – [Legend]](/Images/godic/202501/07/EU-Czech_Republic.svg4958.png")
![Diachronic distribution of Celtic peoples, showing expansion of the core territory into the Czech lands by the 270s BCStone head of a hero (cc. 450-50 B.C.) wearing a torc, example of Iron Age Celtic art.](/Images/godic/202501/07/Celts_in_Europe4958.png")
![Stone sculpture](/Images/godic/202501/07/Stone_sculpture_of_celtic_hero4958.jpg")
![Přemysl Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253–1278) and Duke of Austria (1251–1278)](/Images/godic/202501/07/Premysl2Gelnhausen4958.jpg")
The Czech Republic (/ˈtʃɛk rᵻˈpʌblɪk/ CHEK-rə-PUB-lik; Czech:Česká republika [ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka]), also known as Czechia (/ˈtʃɛkiə/ CHE-kee-ə; Czech:Česko Czech pronunciation:[ˈt͡ʃɛsko]), is a nation state in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast. The Czech Republic covers an area of 78,866 square kilometres (30,450 sq mi) with mostly temperate continental climate. It is a unitary parliamentary republic, has 10.5 million inhabitants and the capital and largest city is Prague, with over 1.2 million residents. The Czech Republic includes its historical territories of Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia.