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The Olomouc Region is an administrative area in the Czech Republic located in the eastern part of the country. It is one of the country's 13 regions and serves as an important cultural and economic center for eastern Bohemia.
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- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 2000
- Location
- Olomouc, Czechia
- Also known as
- Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic
- Status
- Active
ISNI 0000 0004 0611 3989
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of the Czech Republic
- Official name
- Olomoucký kraj
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Located in
- Czech Republic
- Contains
- Šumperk District
- Capital
- Olomouc
- Population
- 631500
- Area
- 5271.54
- Elevation
- 234
- Shares border with
- Moravian-Silesian Region
- Headquarters
- Olomouc
- Legal form
- region of the Czech Republic
- Official website
- www.olkraj.cz
- Image
- Olomouc-Horní náměstí.JPG
- Nominal GDP
- 219900000000
- Licence plate code
- M
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- inception
- 2000-11-12
- category of associated people
- Category:People from the Olomouc Region
- Commons category
- Olomouc Region
- topic's main category
- Category:Olomouc Region
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Olomouc Region
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Olomouc Region
- twinned administrative body
- Province of Reggio Emilia
- mean age
- 43.3
- native label
- Olomoucký kraj
- P6482
- Olomouc Region
- number of houses
- 147306
- topic has template
- Template:Olomouc Region
- P11012
- Q4869
- phone number
- +420 585 508 111
- fax number
- +420 585 508 813
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- P8168
- Nova Hryhorivka
- web feed URL
- www.olkraj.cz/rss
- number of viewers/listeners
- 461426
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Encyclopedic overview
Olomouc Region (Czech: Olomoucký kraj; German: Olmützer Region, pronounced [ˈɔlmʏt͡sɐ ʁeˈɡi̯oːn]; Polish: Kraj ołomuniecki) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western and central part of its historical region of Moravia (Morava) and in a small part of the historical region of Czech Silesia (České Slezsko). It is named for its capital Olomouc.
Olomouc region borders with the Moravian-Silesian Region (in the east), Zlín Region (in the south-east), South Moravian Region (in the south-west) and Pardubice Region (in the west). Furthermore, the region shares a 104 km long border with Poland (in the north).
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