Statistics
Capital:	Plzeň
Area:	7,561 km²
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).

Literature

• Steffi's Club by D.A. Blyler (http://www.geocities.com/dablyler/page.html) Set in Plzeň, the novel describes the subterranean lives of the Czech city's inhabitants.

Cities of the Plzeň Region

Plzeň, Klatovy, Tachov, Rokycany, Domazlice.

External Links

• Official website (http://www.kr-plzensky.cz/Default.asp?lang=1033)
• Region statistics (http://www.czech.cz/index.php?section=1&menu=5&action=text&id=157)