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Silesia ( or ; Silesian German : " Schläsing " Silesian : " lnsk " ) is a region of Central Europe located mostly in ___MASK90___ , with small parts in the ___MASK98___ and Germany . Its area is about , and its population about 8 , 000 , 000 . Silesia is located along the Oder river . It consists of Lower Silesia and Upper Silesia . Prague is the capital and largest city of the ___MASK98___ . It is the 14th largest city in the European Union . It is also the historical capital of Bohemia . Situated in the north - west of the country on the Vltava river , the city is home to about 1 . 26 million people , while its larger urban zone is estimated to have a population of nearly 2 million . The city has a temperate climate , with warm summers and chilly winters . Czech Silesia is the name given to the part of the historical region of Silesia presently located in the ___MASK98___ . While not today an administrative entity in itself , Czech Silesia is , together with Bohemia and Moravia , one of the three historical Czech lands . In this context , it is often mentioned as " Silesia " even though it is only around one tenth of the area of the historic land of Silesia . The Lusatian Neisse (; Upper Sorbian : " užiska Nysa "; Lower Sorbian : " užyska Nysa "), or Western Neisse , is a long river in Central Europe . It rises in the Jizera Mountains near Nová Ves nad Nisou , ___MASK98___ , reaching the tripoint with Poland and Germany at Zittau after , and later forming the Polish - German border for a length of . The Lusatian Neisse is a left - bank tributary of the river Oder , into which it flows between Neißemünde - Ratzdorf and Kosarzyn north of the towns of Guben and Gubin . Kemijoki , with its length , is the longest river in ___MASK8___ . It runs through Kemijärvi and Rovaniemi before reaching the Gulf of Bothnia at Kemi . Moravia is a historical country in the ___MASK98___ ( forming its eastern part ) and one of the historical Czech lands , together with Bohemia and Czech Silesia . The medieval and early modern Margraviate of Moravia was a crown land of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown ( from 1348 to 1918 ), an imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire ( 1004 to 1806 ), later a crown land of the Austrian Empire ( 1804 to 1867 ) and briefly also one of 17 former crown lands of the Cisleithanian part of the Austro - Hungarian Empire from 1867 to 1918 . During the early 20th century , Moravia was one of the five lands of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1928 ; it was then merged with Czech Silesia , and eventually dissolved by abolition of the land system in 1949 . Mona - Liisa Nousiainen , née Malvalehto , ( born July 20 , 1983 in Rovaniemi ) is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 2001 . Her best World Cup finish was first place in a sprint event in Liberec ___MASK98___ on 12 January 2013 . Malvalehto ' s best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was seventh in the sprint event at Oberstdorf in 2005 . In 1999 she won the Finnish Championship in accordion playing . Jizera Mountains or Izera Mountains are part of the Western Sudetes on the border between the ___MASK98___ and Poland . The range got its name from the Jizera River , which rises at the southern base of the Smrk massif . The Ounasjoki River is the Kemijoki River ' s largest tributary and is ___MASK8___ ' s longest single river tributary . It is also the largest river entirely within its borders . Ounasjoki is approximately in length , and the catchment area is , 27 percent of the Kemi catchment area . ___MASK85___ , officially the Slovak Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe . It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west , Poland to the north , Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south . ___MASK85___ ' s territory spans about and is mostly mountainous . The population is over 5 million and comprises mostly ethnic Slovaks . The capital and largest city is Bratislava . The official language is Slovak , a member of the Slavic language family . The Ještd - Kozákov Ridge is part of the Western Sudetes mountain range in the ___MASK98___ . ___MASK57___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK57___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK57___ is the most populous member state of the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK57___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include ___MASK62___ , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . Ještd is the highest mountain peak ( 1 , 012 m ) of the Ještd - Kozákov Ridge near Liberec in the north of the ___MASK98___ . From the summit there are views into Germany and Poland . The Horní Hanychov region of Liberec lies just below the mountain . Liberec is a city in the ___MASK98___ . Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještd - Kozákov Ridge , it is the fifth - largest city in the ___MASK98___ . Rovaniemi is a city and municipality of ___MASK8___ . It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of ___MASK8___ ' s northernmost province , Lapland . It is situated about south of the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara , at the confluence of the river Kemijoki and its tributary , the Ounasjoki . The city and the surrounding ( Rural municipality of Rovaniemi ) were consolidated into a single entity on 1 January 2006 . The new municipality has an area of and an approximate population of . The ___MASK98___ , also known by the short name Czechia , is a nation state in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west , Austria to the south , ___MASK85___ to the east and Poland to the northeast . The ___MASK98___ covers an area of with mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate . It is a unitary parliamentary republic , has 10 . 5 million inhabitants and the capital and largest city is Prague , with over 1 . 2 million residents . The ___MASK98___ includes the historical territories of Bohemia , Moravia , and Czech Silesia . ___MASK51___ is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech lands in the present - day ___MASK98___ . In a broader meaning , ___MASK51___ sometimes refers to the entire Czech territory , including Moravia and Czech Silesia , especially in a historical context , such as the Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by Bohemian kings . ___MASK8___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK8___ , is a sovereign state in Northern Europe . A peninsula with the Gulf of ___MASK8___ to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west , the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest , Norway to the north , and Russia to the east . Estonia is south of the country across the Gulf of ___MASK8___ . ___MASK8___ is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia , which also includes Scandinavia . ___MASK8___ ' s population is 5 . 5 million ( 2014 ), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades . The majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region . In terms of area , it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union . ___MASK90___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK90___ , is a country in Central Europe , situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by Germany to the west ; the ___MASK98___ and ___MASK85___ to the south ; Ukraine and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic Sea , Kaliningrad Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) and Lithuania to the north . The total area of ___MASK90___ is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe . With a population of over 38 . 5 million people , ___MASK90___ is the 34th most populous country in the world , the 8th most populous country in Europe and the sixth most populous member of the European Union . ___MASK90___ is a unitary state divided into 16 administrative subdivisions , and its capital and largest city is Warsaw . Other metropolises include Kraków , Wrocaw , Pozna , Gdask and Szczecin .