Ústecký kraj

Ústí nad Labem Region Ústecký kraj
Region
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Coordinates: 50°31′N 13°51′E / 50.51°N 13.85°E / 50.51; 13.85Coordinates: 50°31′N 13°51′E / 50.51°N 13.85°E / 50.51; 13.85
Country	Czech Republic
Capital	Ústí nad Labem
Districts	Děčín District, Litoměřice District, Louny District, Most District, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem District
Government
• Governor	Oldřich Bubeníček
Area
• Total	5,334.52 km2 (2,059.67 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,113 m (3,652 ft)
Population (03/2011)
• Total	852,554
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	CZ-US
Vehicle registration	U
Website	http://www.kr-ustecky.cz/

Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region (Czech: Ústecký kraj), also known as Region Aussig (after the German name of the capital), is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia and the whole country, and named after the capital, Ústí nad Labem. It covers the majority of the former North Bohemia province (Czech: Severočeský kraj) and is part of the broader area of North Bohemia.

The region borders the regions of Liberec (east), Central Bohemia (south), Plzeň (southwest), Karlovy Vary (west) and the German region of Saxony to the north.

The Ústí region comprises a range of very different types of landscape. Between the high escarpment of the Ore Mountains (Czech: Krušné hory) range and the Bohemian Central Uplands with many volcanic hills, there are vast areas devastated by surface coal mining (the North Bohemian Basin), partly being recultivated into an artificial landscape with ponds, plains and groves. The Elbe river runs through the Central Uplands in a winding gorge of the Porta Bohemica. The southern part of the region, Polabí, is flat and fertile, while in the northeast are the sandstone formations of Bohemian Switzerland, including the monumental Pravčická brána, a natural sandstone arch.

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