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Flag of Czech Republic

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Quick Facts

Capital
Prague
Flag adopted
1993
Population
10,882,341
Area
78,865 kmΒ²
Languages
Czech, Slovak
Currency
Czech koruna (Kč) β€” CZK
Demonym
Czech
Government
parliamentary republic
Subregion
Central Europe
Driving side
Right
Timezones
UTC+01:00
Independence
1993

Religions

  • None 47.8%
  • Unspecified 30.1%
  • Believer 9.1%
  • Roman Catholic 7%
  • other believers belonging to a church or religious society 6%

About This Flag

The flag of the Czech Republic consists of two equal horizontal bands β€” white on top and red on the bottom β€” with a blue isosceles triangle extending from the hoist side to the center of the flag. The white and red are the traditional colors of Bohemia, dating back to the medieval Bohemian coat of arms (a white lion on a red field).

The blue triangle was added in 1920 to incorporate the colors of Moravia and Slovakia into the flag of the newly formed Czechoslovakia. When Czechoslovakia dissolved peacefully on January 1, 1993, the Czech Republic retained the shared flag despite an agreement that neither successor state would use it β€” Slovakia adopted a new design.

What the colors & design mean

White represents the people and peace, drawn from the Bohemian heraldic tradition. Red symbolizes courage and the blood of those who fought for freedom. Blue represents vigilance, truth, and loyalty, and was added to incorporate Moravian and Slovak identity into the original Bohemian colors.

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Pattern: Horizontal Stripes

Bordering countries (4)

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή Austria πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Germany πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Poland πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡° Slovakia

Fun Facts

  • The Czech Republic technically violated the agreement made during the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which stipulated that neither successor state would use the former federation's flag β€” the Czechs kept it anyway.
  • The blue triangle was added in 1920 to distinguish the flag from Poland's nearly identical white-and-red bicolor, and to represent the Moravian and Slovak peoples in the new state.
  • Prague, the capital, is home to the Prague Castle complex, the largest ancient castle in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records.
  • The white-and-red bicolor without the blue triangle was the original flag of Bohemia and is still used as the flag of the Bohemian region within the Czech Republic.

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