Prague

Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava river in central Bohemia, it is home to approximately 1.2 million people. (It can be derived from jobs statistics, however, that an additional 300,000 work there without having registered as residents.) Prague is located at 50°5' North, 14°28' East (50.08333, 14.4667). http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html

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Czech - Other names - Czech Republic - Vltava - Bohemia

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Nicknames for Prague have included "city of a hundred spires", "the golden city", "the Left Bank of the Nineties", the "mother of cities", and "the heart of Europe". Since 1992, the historic center of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of world heritage sites.

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Europe - 1992 - UNESCO - World heritage site

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