2. Where is the Czech Republic

2.1. Geographical location

Czechia is located in the Central Europe. Its geographical midpoint has the coordinates 49° 44' 37.5″ N, 15° 20' 19.1″ E. Simply put, the 50th parallel and 15th meridian run through the territory of Czechia.

The Czech Republic has an area of 78,866 square kilometers and has 278 km in width and 493 km in length.

The range of the latitude is 51° 03’33“ – 48 ° 33‘ 07″ N and the longitude is 12 ° 05’26“ – 18 ° 51’33“ E. The range in longitude causes that the difference between time of the sunset in the easternmost and westernmost point of the country is almost 30 minutes.

The lowest altitude is 115 m a. s. l. (outlet of Labe river from the Czech R.) and the highest point is Sněžka Mt. (1603 m a. s. l.) in the Krkonoše Mts., average altitude is 430 m a. s. l..
The shortest distance from the sea is 283 km (Baltic Sea in Poland).