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Encyclopedia > Hradec Kralove Region
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Capital: Hradec Králové
Area: 4,758 km˛
Population: 548,437 (2002)
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Map of the Czech Republic highlighting the Hradec Králové Region

Hradec Králové Region (Czech: Královéhradecký kraj) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec Králové. Neighbours south with Pardubice Region, south-west with Central Bohemian Region and west with Liberec Region. North neighbours with Polish Lower Silesian Voivodship.


The cities in Hradec Králové region

Hradec Králové, Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Jičín, Náchod, Rychnov nad Kněžnou, Trutnov, Dvůr Králové nad Labem.


External Links

  • Official website (http://www.kr-kralovehradecky.cz/EN/html/default.html)
  • Region statistics (http://www.czech.cz/index.php?section=1&menu=5&action=text&id=158)



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Hradec Kralove (258 words)
Hradec Králové (German: Königgratz) is a city of Czechia in Bohemia, Hradec Kralove Region[?].
The original name of Hradec Kralove, one of the oldest settlements in Czechia, was Hradec (the Castle) only, and Kralove (of the queen), was prefixed when it became one of the dower towns of the queen of Wenceslaus II, Elizabeth of Poland[?], who lived here for thirty years.
Hradec Kralove was the first of the towns to declare for the national cause during the Hussite wars.
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