South Bohemian Region
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Capital: | ČeskÃÂé Budějovice |
| Area: | 10,056 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 625,267 (2001) |
| Pop. density: | 62 inh./km² |
| ISO 3166-2: | CZ-JC | Map |
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South Bohemia (Czech JihočeskÃÂý kraj) is a region (kraj) in the Czech Republic. 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 2001 these terms are officially obsolete.
The region is subdivided into the districts ČeskÃÂé Budějovice, ČeskÃÂý Krumlov, Jindřichův Hradec, PÃÂÃÂsek, Prachatice, Strakonice and TÃÂábor.
The highest elevation in the region is the 1378 m high PlechÃÂý in the Bohemian Forest, the lowest elevation with 350 m above seas level is at the OrlickÃÂá dam.
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Central Bohemia | Hradec Králové | Karlovy Vary | Liberec | Moravia-Silesia | Olomouc | Pardubice | Plzeň | Prague | South Bohemia | South Moravia | ÃÂÃÂstÃÂÃÂ nad Labem | Vysočina | Zlín