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Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the . The city's historic buildings and narrow, winding streets are testament to its centuries-old role as capital of the historic region of Bohemia.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Václav Havel Airport Prague and Old Town and Josefov.

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, formerly Prague Ruzyně International Airport, is an of Prague, the capital of the . Its official name according to the Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic is Praha/Ruzyně Airport.

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

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The East of Prague is on the east side of the Vltava River beside the Old Town and New Town districts. It consists of the numbered districts of Praha 3, Praha 10, Praha 11 and Praha 12.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as New Town and Vysehrad and Castle and Lesser Town.

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The New Town of Prague 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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Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of Prague is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of Prague is the lower area on the left bank.

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The West of Prague is to the west of the Castle district.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Charles Bridge and Prague Castle.

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is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the early 15th century.

Castle
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is a castle complex in Prague, serving as the official residence and workplace of the president of the Czech Republic. Built in the 9th century, the castle has long served as the seat of power for kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman emperors, and presidents of Czechoslovakia.

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 Prague, where approximately half of its books are kept.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Žižkov and Vinohrady.

Suburb
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is a cadastral district of Prague, . Most of lies in the municipal and administrative district of , except for very small parts which are in and .

Suburb
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is a cadastral district in Prague. It is so named because the area was once covered in vineyards dating from the 14th century. lies in the municipal and administrative districts of , and , little parts also of and .

Suburb
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is a district in the north of Prague situated on a meander of the , which makes up the main part of the district . In the past was a heavily industrial suburb; today it is home to the main site of the Prague's with the Trade Fair Palace, and the National Technical Museum.

Prague

Latitude
50.0877° or 50° 5′ 16″ north
Longitude
14.4211° or 14° 25′ 16″ east
Population
1,280,000
Elevation
202 metres (663 feet)
IATA airport code
PRG
United Nations Location Code
CZ PRG
Open location code
9F2P3CQC+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1601837931
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3067696
Wiki­data ID
Q1085
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In Other Languages

From Adyghe to Zulu—“Prague” goes by many names.
  • Adyghe: “Прага”
  • Afrikaans: “Praag”
  • Albanian: “Prag”
  • Albanian: “Praga”
  • Albanian: “Pragë”
  • Amharic: “ፕራግ”
  • Arabic: “براغ”
  • Aragonese: “Praga”
  • Aragonese: “Praha”
  • Armenian: “Պրագա”
  • Armenian: “Պրահա”
  • Assamese: “প্ৰাগ”
  • Assamese: “প্ৰাহা”
  • Asturian: “Praga”
  • Asturian: “Praha”
  • Avaric: “Прага”
  • Azerbaijani: “Praqa şəhəri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Praqa”
  • Balinese: “Praha”
  • Bashkir: “Прага”
  • Basque: “Praga”
  • Bavarian: “Prag”
  • Belarusian: “Прага”
  • Belarusian: “Сталіца Чэхіі”
  • Bengali: “প্রাগ”
  • Bengali: “প্রাহা”
  • Betawi: “Prah”
  • Bislama: “Prague”
  • Bosnian: “Prag”
  • Breton: “Prague”
  • Breton: “Praha”
  • Bulgarian: “Прага”
  • Burmese: “Prague”
  • Burmese: “ပရက်ဂ်မြို့”
  • Burmese: “ပရာဟာမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Praga”
  • Catalan: “Praha”
  • Cebuano: “Okres Praha”
  • Cebuano: “Praga”
  • Cebuano: “Prague”
  • Central Bikol: “Prague”
  • Central Kurdish: “پراگ”
  • Chamorro: “Praga”
  • Chechen: “Прага”
  • Chinese: “Prag”
  • Chinese: “Praha”
  • Chinese: “布拉格”
  • Church Slavic: “Прага”
  • Chuvash: “Прага”
  • Cornish: “Praha”
  • Corsican: “Praga”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Praga”
  • Croatian: “Prag”
  • Czech: “hlavní město Praha”
  • Czech: “kraj hlavní město Praha”
  • Czech: “kraj Praha”
  • Czech: “okres Hlavní město Praha”
  • Czech: “okres Praha”
  • Czech: “Praha”
  • Dagbani: “Praga”
  • Danish: “Prag”
  • Danish: “Praha”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Prag”
  • Dutch: “Praag”
  • Dutch: “Prag”
  • Eastern Mari: “Прага”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “براج”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “براغ”
  • Erzya: “Прага ош”
  • Esperanto: “Prago”
  • Esperanto: “Praha”
  • Estonian: “Praha”
  • Ewe: “Prague”
  • Extremaduran: “Praga”
  • Faroese: “Prag”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Prague”
  • Finnish: “Prag”
  • Finnish: “Prague”
  • Finnish: “Praha”
  • French: “Prague”
  • Fulah: “Prague”
  • Gagauz: “Praga”
  • Galician: “Praga”
  • Galician: “Praha”
  • Georgian: “პრაღა”
  • German: “Prag”
  • German: “Praha”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Prague”
  • Gilaki: “پراگ”
  • Gothic: “𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰”
  • Greek: “Πράγα”
  • Guarani: “Praga”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Prague”
  • Gujarati: “પ્રાગ”
  • Haitian: “Prag”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Praha”
  • Hausa: “Prag”
  • Hebrew: “פראג”
  • Hindi: “प्राग”
  • Hungarian: “Prága”
  • Hungarian: “Pragae”
  • Hungarian: “Praha”
  • Iban: “Praha”
  • Icelandic: “Prag”
  • Icelandic: “Praha”
  • Ido: “Praha”
  • Iloko: “Prague”
  • Inari Sami: “Praha”
  • Indonesian: “Hlavní město Praha”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Praha”
  • Indonesian: “Praha”
  • Interlingua: “Praga”
  • Interlingua: “Praha”
  • Interlingue: “Praha”
  • Irish: “Prág”
  • Italian: “Praag”
  • Italian: “Prag”
  • Italian: “Praga”
  • Italian: “Prague”
  • Italian: “Praha”
  • Japanese: “プラーグ”
  • Japanese: “プラーハ”
  • Japanese: “プラハ”
  • Japanese: “布拉格”
  • Japanese: “百塔のプラハ”
  • Japanese: “黄金のプラハ”
  • Javanese: “Praha”
  • Kabiyè: “Praagɩ”
  • Kabyle: “Prag”
  • Kalaallisut: “Praha”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರಾಗ”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರಾಗ್”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರಾಹಾ”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರೇಗ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Praga”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Прага”
  • Kashubian: “Praga”
  • Kashubian: “Praha”
  • Kazakh: “Прага қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Прага”
  • Khmer: “ទីក្រុងប្រាក”
  • Kikuyu: “Prague”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Praha”
  • Kirghiz: “Прага”
  • Komi: “Прага”
  • Kongo: “Prague”
  • Korean: “쁘라하”
  • Korean: “프라그”
  • Korean: “프라하 시”
  • Korean: “프라하”
  • Kotava: “Praha”
  • Kurdish: “Prag”
  • Ladin: “Praga”
  • Ladino: “Praga”
  • Lao: “ປຣາກ”
  • Latgalian: “Praga”
  • Latin: “Praga Caput Regni”
  • Latin: “Praga”
  • Latin: “Pragae”
  • Latin: “Praha”
  • Latvian: “Prag”
  • Latvian: “Prāga”
  • Latvian: “Prague”
  • Latvian: “Praha”
  • Lezghian: “Прагьа”
  • Ligurian: “Praga”
  • Ligurian: “Pragg-a”
  • Limburgan: “Praag”
  • Limburgan: “Praog”
  • Lingala: “Prag”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Praha”
  • Literary Chinese: “布拉格”
  • Lithuanian: “Praha”
  • Lithuanian: “Prahos miestas”
  • Lithuanian: “Prahos regionas”
  • Livvi: “Praga”
  • Lojban: “pragas”
  • Lombard: “Praga”
  • Lombard: “Pràga”
  • Low German: “Praag”
  • Low German: “Prag”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Praga”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Praha”
  • Luxembourgish: “Prag”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Praga”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Praha”
  • Macedonian: “Praga”
  • Macedonian: “Praha”
  • Macedonian: “ИКФ Светски Кану Спринт Шампионати”
  • Macedonian: “ИКФ Светски Кану Шампионат”
  • Macedonian: “Прага”
  • Malagasy: “Prague”
  • Malay: “Prague”
  • Malay: “Praha”
  • Malayalam: “Prague”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രാഗ്”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രേഗ്”
  • Maltese: “Praga”
  • Manx: “Praag”
  • Maori: “Prague”
  • Marathi: “प्राग”
  • Marathi: “प्राहा”
  • Mazanderani: “پراگ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Prague”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Praha”
  • Minangkabau: “Praha”
  • Mingrelian: “პრაღა”
  • Moksha: “Прага”
  • Mongolian: “Праг”
  • Mongolian: “Прага”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “پراڭ”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “پراݣ”
  • Mossi: “Prague”
  • Narom: “Prague”
  • Nauru: “Praha”
  • Navajo: “Tóʼnaa Habitiin”
  • Neapolitan: “Praga”
  • Neapolitan: “Prague”
  • Neapolitan: “Praha”
  • Nepali: “प्राग”
  • Newari: “प्राग”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prag”
  • Northern Luri: “پراگ”
  • Northern Sami: “Praha”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hlavní město Praha”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Prag”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Praha”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Praha”
  • Norwegian: “Praha”
  • Novial: “Praha”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Praga”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܦܪܐܓ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܦܪܓ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Prag”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Prāga”
  • Oriya: “ପ୍ରାଗ”
  • Oriya: “ପ୍ରେଗ”
  • Ossetian: “Прагæ”
  • Pampanga: “Lakanbalen ning Praga”
  • Pampanga: “Lakanbalen ning Praha”
  • Pampanga: “Praga Lakanbalen”
  • Pampanga: “Praga”
  • Pampanga: “Prága”
  • Pampanga: “Praha Lakanbalen”
  • Pampanga: “Praha”
  • Panjabi: “ਪਰਾਗ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪ੍ਰਾਗ”
  • Papiamento: “Praga”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Prag”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Praha”
  • Persian: “پراگ”
  • Picard: “Prague”
  • Piemontese: “Praga”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Praha”
  • Polish: “Praga czeska”
  • Polish: “Praga”
  • Portuguese: “Praga”
  • Portuguese: “Praha”
  • Pushto: “پراګ”
  • Quechua: “Praga”
  • Quechua: “Prague”
  • Quechua: “Praha”
  • Romanian: “Praga”
  • Romanian: “Praha”
  • Romansh: “Prag”
  • Russian: “Praha”
  • Russian: “Праг”
  • Russian: “Прага”
  • Russian: “Праге”
  • Rusyn: “Прага”
  • Sakizaya: “pulake”
  • Samogitian: “Praha”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱨᱟᱜᱩᱣᱮ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱨᱟᱜᱽ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ”
  • Sardinian: “Praga”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Praag”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Prag”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Praha”
  • Scots: “Prague”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Pràg”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Prague”
  • Serbian: “Prag”
  • Serbian: “Praha”
  • Serbian: “Главни град Праг”
  • Serbian: “Град Праг”
  • Serbian: “Праг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prag”
  • Shona: “Prague”
  • Sicilian: “Praga”
  • Silesian: “Praga”
  • Sindhi: “پراگ”
  • Sinhala: “ප්‍රාග්”
  • Slovak: “Hlavné mesto Praha”
  • Slovak: “Hlavní město Praha”
  • Slovak: “Praha”
  • Slovak: “Stovežatá”
  • Slovenian: “Praga”
  • Slovenian: “Prague”
  • Slovenian: “Praha”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پراق”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پراقا”
  • Spanish: “Praga”
  • Spanish: “Prague”
  • Spanish: “Praha”
  • Swahili: “Prague”
  • Swahili: “Praha”
  • Swedish: “Prag”
  • Swedish: “Prags”
  • Swedish: “Prague”
  • Swedish: “Praha”
  • Swiss German: “Prag”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Praga”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Prague”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Praha”
  • Tagalog: “Praga”
  • Tagalog: “Prague”
  • Tagalog: “Praha”
  • Tajik: “Прага”
  • Talysh: “Praha”
  • Tamil: “பிராகா”
  • Tamil: “பிராக்”
  • Tatar: “Прага”
  • Tatar: “Праһа”
  • Telugu: “ప్రాగ్”
  • Telugu: “ప్రాహా”
  • Thai: “Prague”
  • Thai: “กรุงปราก สาธารณรัฐเช็ค”
  • Thai: “กรุงปราก”
  • Thai: “ปราก”
  • Tibetan: “པུ་ལ་ཁེ་”
  • Tibetan: “པུ་ལ་ཁེ།”
  • Tibetan: “པུ་ལ་ཁེ”
  • Tibetan: “པེ་རེག”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Prag”
  • Turkish: “Prag”
  • Turkish: “Praha”
  • Turkmen: “Praga”
  • Tyap: “Pi̱raha”
  • Tyap: “Pi̱rak”
  • Udmurt: “Прага”
  • Uighur: “Praga”
  • Uighur: “براگ”
  • Uighur: “پراگا”
  • Ukrainian: “Прага”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Praha”
  • Urdu: “پراگ”
  • Uzbek: “Praga”
  • Venetian: “Praga”
  • Venetian: “Prague”
  • Veps: “Prag”
  • Veps: “Praha”
  • Vietnamese: “Prague”
  • Vietnamese: “Praha”
  • Vlaams: “Praag”
  • Vlax Romani: “Praga”
  • Volapük: “Praha”
  • Võro: “Praha”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Praga”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Prague”
  • Welsh: “Prag”
  • Welsh: “Prâg”
  • Welsh: “Prague”
  • Welsh: “Praha”
  • Western Armenian: “Փրակ”
  • Western Armenian: “Փրակա”
  • Western Frisian: “Praach”
  • Western Panjabi: “پراگ”
  • Wolof: “Prag”
  • Wu Chinese: “布拉格”
  • Yakut: “Прага”
  • Yiddish: “פראג”
  • Yiddish: “פּראָג”
  • Yoruba: “Prague”
  • Yue Chinese: “Prag”
  • Yue Chinese: “Praga”
  • Yue Chinese: “Prague”
  • Yue Chinese: “Praha”
  • Yue Chinese: “布拉格”
  • Zulu: “IPraha”
  • “ma tomo Paja”
  • “Praga”
  • “Praghe”
  • “Praha”
  • “Prêga”

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