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| Name | Estimated Population (January 1973) | Coordinates | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceske Budejovice | 79,000 | 48°59'N., 14°28'E. | Third largest city in Bohemia and administrative center of Jihocesky Kraj (South Bohemian Region). Situated strategically near borders with Austria and Federal Republic of Germany. Site of modern steel foundry, one of the largest in country. Nationally significant plants provide pencils, pens, office equipment, automobile accessories (carburetors, fuel pumps), and needles. Military barracks for 5,300 troops. Division headquarters. Home airbase for fighter aircraft. Road and railroad junction with connections to Austria. |
| Chomutov | 42,000 | 50°27'N., 13°26'E. | One of the largest industrial towns in Severocesky Kraj (North Bohemian Region). The largest combine of its type in the country produces seamless pipes and various types of tubes, mostly exported to U.S.S.R. for use on long-distance oil and gas pipelines. Associated steel works produces steel and variety of steel products. Center of large brown coal mining district (see under Most). Coal in nearby mines provides fuel for large power complex in southwestern environs that will grow to over 2 million kilowatts installed capacity by 1975. Important rail and road junction. Large classification yard and railroad locomotive and car repair shops. Main gateway by road into East Germany. Zatec Airfield, 8 miles southeast, is a home base for fighter aircraft. |
| Gottwaldov Otrokovice-Napajedla | 86,000 | 49°13'N., 17°36'E. | Gottwaldov (67,000 population), Otrokovice (13,000 population), and Napajedla (6,000 population) form a large contiguous industrial town complex in Jihomoravsky Kraj (South Moravian Region) (Figure 29). Strategic location in Moravian Gap. Gottwaldov, patterned after a modern U.S. city, is the site of largest show factory in the country (formerly the Bata enterprise). It produces about 60 million pairs of footwear annually and ranks among the largest plants of its type in the world; one-fifth of its output is exported to the U.S.S.R. Nationally significant production in complex includes tires (⅔ of national output), rubber and plastic goods, machine tools and other industrial machinery, light civilian and sport airplanes, automobile safety equipment, diesel engines, industrial chemicals, and gas masks for the military. Rubber and Plastics Research Institute of national significance. |
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