Czechs

Czechs
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F. Palacky, Charles IV, St. Wenceslas, T.G. Masaryk

Total population: over 10 million
Significant populations in: Czech Republic:
   9,249,777 (2001)

United States:
   1,703,930 (2000)
Canada:
   79,915 (2001)
Germany:
   50,000
Canada:
   46,000
Slovakia:
   44,620 (2001)
Australia:
   20,000
Austria:
   20,000
Switzerland:
   20,000
Ukraine:
   11,000
France:
   10,731 (1990)
Croatia:
   10,510 (2001)
Israel:
   8,000
Sweden:
   7,175 (2001)
Bulgaria:
   8,000
United Kingdom:
   6,000
Netherlands:
   3,500
Romania:
   3,339 (2002)
Poland:
   3,000
Brazil:
   3,000
Argentina:
   3,000
South Africa:
   2,300
Serbia:
   2,211 (2002)
Russia:
   5,000~6,000
in the Czech Republic include

Language: Czech
Religion: Predominantly Atheist including Roman Catholic and Protestant minorities.
Related ethnic groups: Indo-Europeans

  Slavs
    West Slavs

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

The Czechs are descendants of ancient Slavic tribes who inhabited the region of Bohemia from the 6th century onwards. They used to be called Bohemians in English at least until the beginning of the 20th century when the term was gradually replaced by the present one.

A small number of inhabitants of former province of Moravia on the east of the country consider themselves as members of a distinct Moravian nation. They speak Moravian dialects of the Czech language.

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