Bohemia

:For the place in the USA, see Bohemia, New York.

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Bohemia (Czech: ?echy; German: Böhmen, Russian: Bogemiya) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. With an area of 52,750 sq. km. and 6.25 million of the country's 10.3 million inhabitants, Bohemia is bounded by Germany to the north-west, west and south-west, Poland to the north-east, the Czech province of Moravia to the east and Austria to the south. Bohemia's borders are marked with mountain ranges such as the ?umava, the Ore Mountains or Giant Mountains as part of the Sudeten mountains.

Related Topics:
Czech - German - Russian - Historical region in central Europe - Czech Republic - Germany - Poland - Moravia - Austria - ?umava - Ore Mountains - Giant Mountains - Sudeten

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Note: In the Czech language, there is no distinction between the adjectives Bohemian and Czech (?eský).

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