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New Town

New Town is a quarter in the city of in the . New Town is the youngest and largest of the five independent towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague.
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  • Type: Suburb with 27,100 residents
  • Description: quarter in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic
  • Also known as: “New Town, Prague” and “Nové Město”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leica Gallery Prague and National Library of the Czech Republic.

Museum
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is a museum.

Library
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The is the central library of the . It is directed by the Ministry of Culture. The library's main building is located in the historical Clementinum building in the centre of , where approximately half of its books are kept.

Theater building
Photo: Jklamo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town and Vysehrad and Old Town and Josefov.

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The New Town of is in the east bank area to the east and south of the Old Town. A large part of New Town that borders Old Town from east and south belongs to Praha 1 district.

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The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the Jewish Town.

Suburb
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The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the .

New Town

Latitude
50.07897° or 50° 4′ 44″ north
Longitude
14.42333° or 14° 25′ 24″ east
Population
27,100
Elevation
211 metres (692 feet)
Open location code
9F2P3CHF+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 297896658
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3069467
Wiki­data ID
Q753219
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“New Town” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Նոր ավան”
  • Basque: “Pragako Hiri Berria”
  • Belarusian: “Новае Места Праскае”
  • Belarusian: “Новае Места”
  • Belarusian: “Нове-Места”
  • Breton: “Nové Město”
  • Catalan: “Nové Město”
  • Chinese: “布拉格新城”
  • Czech: “Nové Město pražské”
  • Czech: “Nové Město”
  • Danish: “Nove Mesto”
  • Danish: “Nové Mesto”
  • Danish: “Nové Město”
  • Dutch: “Nieuwe Stad”
  • Dutch: “Nove Mesto”
  • Esperanto: “Nova Urbo de Prago”
  • Esperanto: “Nova Urbo”
  • Estonian: “Nove Mesto”
  • Estonian: “Nové Město”
  • Finnish: “Nové Město”
  • French: “Nouvelle Ville de Prague”
  • French: “Nouvelle-Ville de Prague”
  • French: “Nové Město”
  • Galician: “Cidade Nova de Praga”
  • Galician: “Cidade Nova”
  • Galician: “Nove Mesto”
  • Galician: “Nove Město”
  • Galician: “Nové Mesto”
  • Galician: “Nové Město”
  • German: “Neustadt”
  • German: “Prager Neustadt”
  • Hebrew: “העיר החדשה”
  • Hungarian: “Újváros”
  • Irish: “Nové Město”
  • Italian: “Città Nuova”
  • Italian: “Nové Město”
  • Japanese: “ニュータウン”
  • Japanese: “ノベ・メスト”
  • Korean: “노베메스토”
  • Latin: “Neo-Praga”
  • Latin: “Nova Civitas Pragensis”
  • Latin: “Nova Urbs Pragensis”
  • Lithuanian: “Prahos naujamiestis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Prager Neustadt”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nové Město”
  • Norwegian: “Nové Město”
  • Persian: “شهرک نوین، پراگ”
  • Persian: “شهرک نوین”
  • Polish: “Nowe Miasto”
  • Portuguese: “Nové Město”
  • Russian: “Нове Место (Прага)”
  • Russian: “Нове Место”
  • Russian: “Нове-Место”
  • Russian: “Новое место (Прага)”
  • Russian: “Новый город (Прага)”
  • Russian: “Новый город”
  • Slovak: “Nové Mesto”
  • Slovak: “Nové Město”
  • Slovenian: “Novo mesto”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Nueva”
  • Spanish: “Nové Město”
  • Swedish: “Nove Mesto”
  • Swedish: “Nové Mesto”
  • Swedish: “Nové město”
  • Swedish: “Nové Město”
  • Swedish: “Prag/Nové město”
  • Turkish: “Yeni Kent”
  • Turkish: “Yeni Şehir”
  • Ukrainian: “Нове М’єсто”
  • Ukrainian: “Нове Мєсто”
  • Ukrainian: “Нове місто”
  • Ukrainian: “Нове Місто”
  • Vietnamese: “Phố mới Praha”

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