Cheb
Cheb is a city in Bohemia in Western Czech Republic with a population of 33,500 and is close to the German border.
- Type: Town with 30,400 residents
- Description: town in the Czech Republic
- Also known as: “Cheb/Egra”, “Egera”, “Egra/Cheb”, “Егер”, “Эгер”, “اگر”, “چب”, “エーガー”, “エガー”, and “ケプ”
- Historically known as: “Eger”
- Neighbors: Františkovy Lázně
Places of Interest
Highlights: Cheb Castle and Západočeské divadlo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Háje and Pelhřimov.
Cheb
- Categories: municipality of the Czech Republic, municipality with town privileges in the Czech Republic, district town, municipality with authorized municipal office, Czech municipality with expanded powers, and locality
- Location: Cheb District, Carlsbad Region, West Bohemia, Czech Republic, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.0794° or 50° 4′ 46″ north
Longitude
12.3704° or 12° 22′ 13″ east
Population
30,400
Elevation
459 metres (1,506 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CZ CHB
Open location code
9F2J39HC+P4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Cheb” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Cheb”
- Arabic: “خب”
- Aragonese: “Cheb”
- Armenian: “Խեբ”
- Azerbaijani: “Xeb”
- Basque: “Cheb”
- Bavarian: “Eger”
- Belarusian: “Хеб”
- Belarusian: “Хэб”
- Breton: “Cheb”
- Bulgarian: “Хеб”
- Catalan: “Cheb”
- Cebuano: “Cheb”
- Chinese: “海布”
- Croatian: “Cheb”
- Czech: “Cheb”
- Danish: “Cheb”
- Dutch: “Cheb”
- Esperanto: “Cheb”
- Estonian: “Cheb”
- Finnish: “Cheb”
- French: “Egra” (historical)
- Galician: “Cheb”
- German: “Cheb”
- German: “Eger” (historical)
- Greek: “Χεμπ”
- Greek: “Χεπ”
- Hebrew: “חב”
- Hungarian: “Cheb”
- Icelandic: “Cheb”
- Indonesian: “Cheb”
- Irish: “Cheb”
- Italian: “Cheb”
- Japanese: “ヘプ”
- Kazakh: “Xeb”
- Kazakh: “Хеб”
- Kazakh: “حەب”
- Korean: “헤프”
- Latin: “Egra” (historical)
- Latvian: “Heba”
- Lithuanian: “Chebas”
- Lombard: “Cheb”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Cheb”
- Macedonian: “Хеб”
- Malay: “Cheb”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cheb”
- Moksha: “Хэб”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cheb”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cheb”
- Norwegian: “Cheb”
- Ossetian: “Хеб”
- Persian: “خپ”
- Polish: “Cheb”
- Portuguese: “Cheb”
- Romanian: “Cheb”
- Russian: “Хеб”
- Rusyn: “Хеб”
- Serbian: “Heb”
- Serbian: “Хеб”
- Silesian: “Cheb”
- Slovak: “Cheb”
- Spanish: “Cheb”
- Swedish: “Cheb”
- Tatar: “Хеб”
- Turkish: “Cheb”
- Ukrainian: “Хеб”
- Upper Sorbian: “Cheb”
- Urdu: “خیپ”
- Vietnamese: “Cheb”
- Waray (Philippines): “Cheb”
- Welsh: “Cheb”
- “Cheb”
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Places to explore: Hradiště and Za Dálnicí.
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