Czechs

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Czechs
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Total population

over 12 million

Regions with significant populations
Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic: 10,235,455 (July 2006 est.)

Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States: 1,258,450[1]
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil: 518,000[2]
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada: 79,915 (2001)
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany: 20,000-50,000
Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia: 46,000
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina: 38,000
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia: 21,196[3]
Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria: 20,000
Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland: 20,000
Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine: 11,000
Image:Flag of France.svg France: 10,731 (1990)
Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia: 10,510 (2001)
Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland: 5,278[4]
Image:Flag of Israel.svg Israel: 8,000
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden: 7,175 (2001)
Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria: 436
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom: 6,000
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain: 5,622 (2006)
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia: 5,000~6,000
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands: 3,500
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania: 3,339 (2002)
Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland: 3,000
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa: 2,300
Image:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia: 2,211 (2002)
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico: 2,000
Image:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina: 600~1,000[5]

in the Czech Republic include

Language(s)
Czech
Religion(s)
Non-religious 59%, Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%[6]
Related ethnic groups
other West Slavs

Czechs (Czech: Češi, archaic Czech: Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs live also in Slovakia, Austria, U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries. They speak the Czech language, which is closely related to the Slovak language.

Among the ancestors of the Czechs are ancient Slavic tribes who inhabited the regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia from the 6th century onwards.

The most successful and influential of all Czech kings was by far Charles IV (Karel IV.), who also became the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. The Luxembourg dynasty represents the heights of Czech (Bohemian) statehood territorial and influence as well as advancement in many areas of human endeavors.

Many people, most notably the religious reformist Jan Hus from the 1400s or the teacher of nations Jan Amos Komenský, are considered national heroes and many national stories concern their lives.

There are also ancient folk stories about the Czech people, such as the Forefather Čech, who according to legend brought the tribe of Czechs into its land or Přemysl, the Ploughman, who started the dynasty that ruled for 400 years until 1306.

The Czech people also take much pride in saints who benefited the Czech culture, most notably St. Wenceslaus (Václav) patron of the Czech nation, St. Vitus (Vít) (whom has a cathedral named after him in Prague: see St. Vitus Cathedral), St. John of Nepomuk (Jan Nepomucký), St. Prokop, St. Adalbert (Vojtěch), St. Ludmila, St. Agnes of Bohemia (Anežka Česká) and most recently the last Austrian Emperor and King of Bohemia Charles I, who was beatificated by the Pope John Paul II in 2004.

[edit] See also

[edit] Further reading

  • Hroch, Miroslav (2004). "From ethnic group toward the modern nation: the Czech case". Nations and Nationalism 10 (1/2): 95-107.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf
  2. ^ http://epoca.globo.com/edic/214/soci1a.htm
  3. ^ http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au
  4. ^ http://www.cso.ie/statistics/placebirthagegroup.htm
  5. ^ http://www.bosna.unas.cz/bosnacesko.html
  6. ^ 1-19 Population by denomination and sex: as measured by 1921, 1930, 1950, 1991 and 2001 censuses (PDF), Czech Demographic Handbook 2006, Czech Statistical Office.
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