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Czechs

Czechs
Clockwise from upper left: Vratislaus II, Charles IV, Jan Hus, Comenius, František Palacký, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Alfons Mucha, Antonín Dvořák and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Ethnic group
GroupCzechs
Češi
Population datec. 11-12 million
Significant populationsCzech Republic 9,249,777
including:
Moravians: 380,474 (2001)
Silesians: 10,878 (2001)

United States1,462,000
(including German Bohemians)
Canada98,090 (2006)
Italy80,000-90,000
United Kingdom30,000 � 90,000
Germany20,000 � 50,000
Slovakia46,000
Argentina38,000
Australia21,196
Austria20,000
Switzerland20,000
Ukraine11,000
France10,731 (1990)
Croatia10,510 (2001)
Israel8,000
Sweden7,175 (2001)
Republic of Ireland5,278
Spain5,622 (2006)
Russia5,000 � 6,000
Brazil450,000
Netherlands3,500
Romania3,339 (2002)
Poland3,000
South Africa2,300
Serbia2,211 (2002)
Mexico2,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina600 � 1,000
Bulgaria436

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Czechs ( , -csˈtʃɛʃɪ, archaic [ˈtʃɛxɔvɛː]) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries. They speak the Czech language, which is closely related to the Slovak and Upper Sorbian language.

Among the ancestors of the Czechs are ancient Slavic tribes who inhabited the regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Upper Silesia from the 6th century onwards.


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