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Plzeň Region

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Statistics
Capital:Plzeň
Area:7,561 km² (3rd)
Population:550,113 (2004)
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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).

Cities of the Plzeň Region

Economy

Plzeň Region is average in economic development when compared to the Czech Republic. With 5.4% of the country's entire population, it makes up 5.5% of GDP. [link] This would result in a total GDP of approximately $10.94 billion (PPP, 2005) and per capita GDP of approximately $19,900, slightly above the Czech average.

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Regions of the Czech Republic

Carlsbad | Central Bohemia | Hradec Králové | Liberec | Moravia-Silesia | Olomouc | Pardubice | Plzeň | Prague | South Bohemia | South Moravia | Ústí nad Labem | Vysočina | Zlín

 


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