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Czech Regions and municipalities

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Czech Regions
Region (kraj) flags
Okres abolished
New regional organization

Czech Regions

Just now, the Parliament of the Czech Republic has accepted a new constitutional law according to which 14 self-governing regions will be created 1 January 2000. No details are available and the possible use of regional COAs and flags should be regulated by succeeding laws. The regions will be (also their names are yet unofficial and will be corrected by regional assemblies after their formation):

1. Prague (Praha) = Hlavní město Praha (capital)
2. Central Bohemia (capital Prague) = Středočeský kraj
3. South Bohemia (Ceske Budejovice = Budweis) = Budějovický kraj
4. Pilsen region (Plzen = Pilsen) = Plzeňský kraj
5. Carlsbad region (Karlovy Vary = Carlsbad) = Karlovarský kraj
6. Usti region (Usti nad Labem) = Ústecký kraj
7. Liberec region (Liberec) = Liberecký kraj
8. Hradec region (Hradec Kralove) = Královéhradecký kraj
9. Pardubice region (Pardubice) = Pardubický kraj
10. Jihlava region (Jihlava) = Jihlavský kraj
11. Brno region (Brno) = Brněnský kraj
12. Zlin region (Zlin = formerly Gottwaldov) = Zlínský kraj
13. Olomouc region (Olomouc) = Olomoucký kraj
14. Ostrava region (Ostrava) = Ostravský kraj

Jan Zrzavy, 23 Oct 1997

In november 2000 there will be elections in new regional parliaments. After that regional parliaments can pass laws about flags of the region (except Prague, which uses from 1st January city flag as a regional flag too). Okresy will exist in the future too. Good map of new czech regions is on this website.
Information about subnational flags:
Historical lands (Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Sudetenland) have unofficial flags:
Bohemia - horizontal white-red (used as a flag of Czechoslovakia in 1918-1920 and flag of Czech republic in 1990-1992).
Moravia
Silesia - horizontal black-yellow.
Sudetenland
Jiri Martinek, 26 Jan 2000.

Region (kraj) flags

Today, the first regional councillors are elected in the Czech Republic. It is interesting for us that regional COAs and flags are becoming to be an important topic (TV, radio). They will probably come soon. So far there are flags or proposals for:
Stredoceský kra