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Bohemia is a historical
region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the
traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech
Republic with its capital in Prague. In a broader meaning, it
often refers to the entire Czech territory, including Moravia and
Czech Silesia, especially in historical contexts, such as the
Kingdom of Bohemia. Bohemia is a historic country of central
Europe that was a kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire and
subsequently a province in the Habsburgs’ Austrian Empire.
Bohemia was bounded on the south by Upper and Lower Austria, on
the west by Bavaria, on the north by Saxony and Lusatia, on the
northeast by Silesia, and on the east by Moravia. From 1918 to
1939 and from 1945 to 1992 it was part of Czechoslovakia, and
since 1993 it has formed much of the Czech Republic. Bohemia has
an area of 52,065 km² and today is home to approximately 6
million of the Czech Republic's 10.3 million inhabitants. It is
bordered by Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, the
historical region of Moravia to the east, and Austria to the
south. Bohemia's borders are marked with mountain ranges such as
the Bohemian Forest, the Ore Mountains, and the Krkonoše,
the highest within the Sudeten mountain range.
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