The Prague metropolitan area () is the
metropolitan area
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of
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
, the capital city of the
Czech Republic
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. The population is 2,264,690 as of 2024.
It is the
most populous metropolitan area in the country.
Economy
In 2021, Prague's
gross metropolitan product
Gross metropolitan product (GMP) is a monetary measure that calculates the total economic output of a statistical metropolitan unit during a specific time period. It represents the market value of all final goods and services produced within the u ...
was €92.3 billion. This puts Prague in
24th place among cities in the
European Union
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.
Municipalities
The metropolitan area has 491 municipalities.
See also
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List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP
A metropolitan region's gross domestic product, or GDP, is one of several measures of the size of its economy. Similar to GDP, GMP is defined as the market value of all final goods and services produced within a metropolitan region in a given ...
References
Geography of Prague
Metropolitan areas of the Czech Republic
Prague
Urban areas in the Czech Republic
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