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Czech Silesia
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| Anthem: "Slezská hymna" | |
 Czech Silesia (green) overlapped with the current regions of the Czech Republic | |
 Location of Czech Silesia in Europe | |
| Coordinates: 50°N 18°E / 50°N 18°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Former capital | Opava |
| Largest city | Ostrava |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,459 km2 (1,722 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 830,000 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Primary airport | Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava |
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Czech Silesia[a] (Czech: České Slezsko; Silesian: Czeski Ślōnsk; Lower Silesian: Tschechisch-Schläsing; German: Tschechisch-Schlesien; Polish: Śląsk Czeski) is the part of the historical region of Silesia now in the Czech Republic. Czech Silesia is, together with Bohemia and Moravia, one of the three historical Czech lands.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 420,707 | — |
| 1880 | 464,646 | +10.4% |
| 1890 | 501,635 | +8.0% |
| 1900 | 572,000 | +14.0% |
| 1910 | 638,404 | +11.6% |
| 1921 | 654,433 | +2.5% |
| 1930 | 716,698 | +9.5% |
| 1950 | 604,498 | −15.7% |
| 1961 | 737,872 | +22.1% |
| 1970 | 842,454 | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 894,725 | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 895,776 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 887,141 | −1.0% |
| 2011 | 846,855 | −4.5% |
| 2021 | 811,433 | −4.2% |
| Source: Censuses[6][7] | ||
Silesia lies in the north-east of the Czech Republic, predominantly in the Moravian-Silesian Region, with a section in the northern Olomouc Region. It is almost identical in extent with Austrian Silesia (also known as the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia), before 1918; between 1938 and 1945, part of the area was also known as Sudeten Silesia (German: Sudetenschlesien; Czech: Sudetské Slezsko; Silesian: Sudecki Ślōnsk; Lower Silesian: Sudetaschläsing; Polish: Śląsk Sudecki).
- ^ "Population of municipalities of the Czech Republic, 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Silesia". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Silesia". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Silesia". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-03-11.
- ^ "Silesia". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Results of the 2021 Census - Open data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
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