Bohemia
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Summary
Bohemia is a Czech lands[1]. Bohemia draws 53,716 Wikipedia views per month (czech lands category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Czech Republic[3]
- Country: Czech Republic[4]
- Continent: Europe[5]
- Instance of: historical region[6], realm[7], state in the Holy Roman Empire[8], region[9], cultural region[10]
- Capital: Prague[11]
- Named after: Boii[12]
- Flag: flag of Bohemia[13]
- Commons category: Bohemia[14]
- Patron saint: Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia[15], John of Nepomuk[16]
- Highest point: Sněžka[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bohemia[18]
- Described by source: Svensk uppslagsbok[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], Otto's encyclopedia[21], Vlastenský slovník historický[22], Pauly–Wissowa[23], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[25], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26], Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae[27], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[28], The New Student's Reference Work[29]
- Category for people born here: Q8046629[30]
- Category for people who died here: Q15218302[31]
- Demonym: boemo[32], boema[33], boemi[34], boeme[35]
- Native label: Čechy[36], Böhmen[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Bohemia[38]
- Different from: Bohemia[39]
- Area: 52,065 km²[40]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Bohemia[41]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Bohemia include Bohemian Switzerland[42], a protected area[43], in Czech Republic[44], founded in 1972[45]; Bohemian-Moravian Highlands[46], a mountain range[47], in Czech Republic[48]; Geranium bohemicum[49], a taxon[50]; Boehm[51], a family name[52]; Böhme[53], a family name[54]; and 371 Bohemia[55], an asteroid[56].
Why It Matters
Bohemia has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Bohemia is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Works attributed to Bohemia include Codex Gigas[59], a written work[60], founded in 1300[61]. Entities named for Bohemia include Bohemian Switzerland[42], a protected area[43], in Czech Republic[44], founded in 1972[45]; Bohemian-Moravian Highlands[46], a mountain range[47], in Czech Republic[48]; Geranium bohemicum[49], a taxon[50]; Boehm[51], a family name[52]; Böhme[53], a family name[54]; and 371 Bohemia[55], an asteroid[56].