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| Capital: | Ceské Budejovice |
| Area: | 10,056 km˛ |
| Inhabitants: | 625,267 (2001) |
| Pop. density: | 62 inh./km˛ |
| ISO 3166-2: | CZ-JC | Map |
South Bohemian Region (in Czech Jihoceský kraj) is an administrative unit ( kraj) of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia. The region borders (from the west clockwise) the regions Plzen, Central Bohemia, Vysocina and South Moravia. To the south it borders Austria and Germany. The region was also previously referred to as Budĕjovický kraj or Českobudĕjovický kraj but since 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap these terms are officially obsolete. Its capital is Ceské Budejovice.
The region consists of the former districts (in Czech okresy) Ceské Budejovice, Ceský KrumlovCesky Krumlov (German Krumau is a small city in the South Bohemia region of the Czech Republic, best known for the fine architecture and art of the historic old town and Krumlov Castle. Population: 14,600. It was known as Krumau until after World War II w, Jindrichuv Hradec , Písek , PrachaticePrachatice is a town in the South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic with a population of 11,900 (2002). Historical population 1869: 4 911 inhabitants 1900: 5 573 1930: 5 926 1950: 5 130 1961: 5 381 1970: 7 100 1980: 10 354 1991: 11 805 2001: 11 977 External, Strakonice and TáborThis is an article on the city of Tabor in the Czech Republic. For other uses see: Tabor (disambiguation Tabor is a city of the Czech Republic, in the South Bohemian Region. Population: 37,000. The name of the city translates to "camp" or "encampment" in.
The highest elevation in the region is the 1378 m high Plechý in the Bohemian ForestThe Bohemian Forest (German: Bohmer Wald, Czech: Sumava) is a mountain chain in the southwestern Czech Republic, which forms the boundary to Germany and Austria. The Czech part is mostly part of the National Park Sumava., the lowest elevation with 350 m above seas level is at the Orlická dam.
| Czech Regions | |
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| Carlsbad | Central Bohemia | Hradec Králové | Liberec | Moravia-Silesia | Olomouc | Pardubice | Plzen | Prague | South Bohemia | South Moravia | Ústí nad Labem | Vysocina | Zlín |