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Plzen Region - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Abode, Acres, Alluvium, Archbishopric, Archdiocese, Area, Arrondissement, Bailiwick, Bearings, Belt, Bishopric, Borough, Canton, City, Clay, Commune, County, Crust, Demesne, Departement
Statistics
Capital:Plzeň
Area:7,561 km²
Population:550,113 (2004)
Map
Map of the Czech Republic highlighting the Plzen region

Plzeň Region (Czech: Plzeňský kraj) is an administrative unit (kraj) in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is named after its capital Plzeň (German: Pilsen).

Literature

  • Steffi's Club by D.A. Blyler (http://www.geocities.com/dablyler/page.html) Set in Plzeň, the novel describes the subterranean lives of the Czech city's inhabitants.

Cities of the Plzeň Region

Plzeň, Klatovy, Tachov, Rokycany, Domazlice.

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