Jižní Město (Southern Town) (Prague)

Czech Republic / Stredocesky / Vestec / Prague
 borough, prefabricated building, public housing estate
Jižní Město is big area in Prague with approximately 85,000 inhabitants on 10 km2. It is located 12 kilometers far from city center in southeast direction. It consist of two boroughs, Chodov (Chodov, Opatov, Litochleby, Roztyly, Chodovec) and smaller Háje. Also small parts of Kunratice (Flora) and Újezd (Kateřinky) can be found here. In 70's and 80's number of inhabitants got multiplied by thirty, because of notourius prefabs ("panelák") built during comunism. Main traffic stream provided by metro line C and highway D1. Area of Jižní Město isn't exactly identified, but it almost agrees with Prague 11.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jižní_Město
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Coordinates:   50°1'49"N   14°30'37"E
This article was last modified 13 years ago