Local time
Sun, 11:23 PM CDTAmerica/ChicagoCityCapital
Prague
50.09° N, 14.46° E
- Population
- 1,162,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 12
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 12 cities of Czechia in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Czechia, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Prague, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Prague have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Prague may derive from the old Slavic word "praga" or "prah," meaning "threshold." It could also be related to the same Slavic root as the modern Czech "pražiti," a term for woodland cleared by burning.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person