Prague has a local-government structure of two or three tiers, depending on the area of town. At the top is the Magistrate of the Capital City of Prague (), responsible for public transport, waste collection, municipal police, firefighting, ambulance services, cultural activities, care of historical sites, the Prague Zoo, and other activities of citywide significance.
Prague is divided into 10 municipal districts (110), 22 administrative districts (122), 57 municipal parts, or 112 cadastral areas.
Since 1992, the city has been divided into 57 (initially 56, from 1990) self-governing municipal parts (). The parts are responsible for parks and environmental protection; ordering equipment for schools and volunteer firefighters; some cultural and sports activities; activities for seniors; some social and health programs; cemeteries; and collection of fees for dog tags and the like. Another important activity of the municipal parts is the ownership, maintenance and, sometimes, sale of public property, especially public housing.
Since 2001, the 57 municipal parts have been grouped into 22 numbered administrative districts () for national-government purposes. Each administrative district has responsibility for providing certain services for its municipal parts. Those services include providing business licenses, identity cards and passports. The administrative district with such responsibility sometimes shares a name with the municipal part it serves; for example, the administrative district of Prague 19 provides those services to the municipal parts of Prague 19 (Kbely), Prague-Satalice and Prague-Vinoř. Residents of Satalice can get dog tags in their neighborhood but must go to Kbely, home of the Prague 19 government, to get an identity card.
Both the citywide government and the municipal districts have elected councils and mayors. The mayor of the Capital City of Prague is known as the primátor, which is sometimes translated into English as "lord mayor" (even though the Czech title carries no connotations of nobility).
Since 1960, Prague has been divided into 10 municipal districts. Those 10 districts are still used for addressing and transportation purposes and, for example, the organisation of courts and prosecutions. Street signs usually reflect the name of the municipal district, with the name of the cadastral area () appended. Thus, a sign in Kbely will say "Praha 9-Kbely," not "Praha 19". Prague residents are much more likely to use the name of a cadastral area in everyday communication, rather than the name of the administrative district.
Administrative and municipal districts
Municipal district Administrative district Municipal partsPrague 1 Prague 1 Prague 1Prague 2 Prague 2 Prague 2Prague 3 Prague 3 Prague 3 Prague 4 Prague 4 Prague 4, KunraticePrague 11 (part) Prague 11, Šeberov, Újezd u PrůhonicPrague 12 Prague 12, Libuš Prague 5 Prague 5 Prague 5, SlivenecPrague 13 Prague 13, ŘeporyjePrague 16 Prague 16 (formerly Radotín), Lipence, Lochkov, Velká Chuchle, ZbraslavPrague 17 (part) Zličín Prague 6 Prague 6 Prague 6, Lysolaje, Nebušice, Přední Kopanina, SuchdolPrague 17 (part) Prague 17 (formerly Řepy)Prague 7 Prague 7 Prague 7, Troja (has been a separate municipal district since 1 January 1992)Prague 8 Prague 8 Prague 8, Březiněves, Dolní Chabry, Ďáblice Prague 9 Prague 9 Prague 9Prague 14 Prague 14, Dolní PočernicePrague 18 Prague 18 (formerly Letňany), Čakovice (has been part of administrative district 18 since 2007)Prague 19 Prague 19 (formerly Kbely), Satalice, Vinoř, Prague 20 Prague 20 (formerly Horní Počernice)Prague 21 Prague 21 (formerly Újezd nad Lesy), Běchovice, Klánovice, Koloděje Prague 10 Prague 10 Prague 10Prague 11 (part) KřeslicePrague 15 Prague 15, Dolní Měcholupy, Dubeč, Petrovice, ŠtěrboholyPrague 22 Prague 22 (formerly Uhříněves), Benice, Kolovraty, Královice, Nedvězí
Notes: In 2001, the Czech government ordered that every municipal district that serves an entire administrative district should be named for the administrative district that it serves. Thus, the municipal districts of Radotín, Řepy, Letňany, Kbely, Horní Počernice, Újezd nad Lesy and Uhříněves are now Prague 16 through 22, respectively. The old names remain as the names of cadastral areas. All named districts officially begin with "Prague-", or "Praha-" in Czech. Thus, for example, the official name of Kunratice is "Prague-Kunratice" or "Praha-Kunratice".
Cadastral areas
NameMunicipal districtPopulationArea (km2)Density (per km2)StodůlkyPrague 13, Prague-Řeporyje60,7589.626,315ŽižkovPrague 3, Prague 8, Prague 1058,2675.4410,710ChodovPrague 1150,0437.436,735VinohradyPrague 1, Prague 2, Prague 3, Prague 4, Prague 1048,8053.7912,877StrašnicePrague 3, Prague 1037,6656.186,094HolešovicePrague 1, Prague 737,6644.698,030VršovicePrague 1036,8362.9312,572LibeňPrague 7, Prague 8, Prague 936,1517.384,898ZáběhlicePrague 4, Prague 1035,2285.696,202NuslePrague 2, Prague 435,1502.8512,333SmíchovPrague 534,9877.054,962ModřanyPrague 1233,5747.694,365KrčPrague 427,3445.215,248KobylisyPrague 827,0303.238,368BřevnovPrague 5, Prague 625,7565.244,915HlubočepyPrague 523,4616.073,865DejvicePrague 623,4017.393,166Černý MostPrague 1422,4662.1010,698ŘepyPrague 1722,4613.256,889HájePrague 1122,0592.369,347BubenečPrague 6, Prague 721,9894.444,952New TownPrague 1, Prague 2, Prague 821,9413.346,569LetňanyPrague 1821,7025.613,868MichlePrague 4, Prague 1021,4025.513,884HostivařPrague 1519,1618.002,395KamýkPrague 1219,1292.547,531BraníkPrague 417,7774.404,040VysočanyPrague 3, Prague 917,4656.072,877ProsekPrague 916,8501.6810,029BohnicePrague 816,4444.663,528KošířePrague 516,1453.234,998Horní MěcholupyPrague 1516,0062.257,113StřížkovPrague 8, Prague 915,7052.037,736Horní PočernicePrague 2015,30316.94902TrojaPrague 7, Prague-Troja14,3045.432,634HloubětínPrague 9, Prague 10, Prague 1414,0745.442,587PodolíPrague 413,6112.385,718KarlínPrague 812,2612.165,676MalešicePrague 9, Prague 1011,2373.822,941VokovicePrague 611,0833.523,148UhříněvesPrague 2210,99210.281,069Újezd nad LesyPrague 2110,42910.151,027KunraticePrague-Kunratice, Prague-Šeberov10,0918.101,245KyjePrague 1410,0315.691,762ZbraslavPrague-Zbraslav9,7597.831,247ČakovicePrague-Čakovice8,8073.832,299RadotínPrague 168,4629.30908RuzyněPrague 68,18815.00545ZličínPrague-Zličín7,5793.182,383JinonicePrague 5, Prague 137,5566.171,224KbelyPrague 197,2166.001,204VeleslavínPrague 66,6141.315,048StřešovicePrague 66,5921.554,252ČimicePrague 86,5862.582,552Old TownPrague 16,2721.294,862SuchdolPrague-Suchdol6,2704.311,586PetrovicePrague-Petrovice5,7531.793,213LhotkaPrague 45,6921.055,420LibušPrague-Libuš5,5401.583,506Dolní ChabryPrague-Dolní Chabry5,0354.991,009LibocPrague 64,9804.251,171ŘeporyjePrague 13, Prague-Řeporyje4,7295.66835Malá StranaPrague 1, Prague 54,5841.373,345VinořPrague-Vinoř4,5286.00754PísnicePrague-Libuš4,4973.661,228DubečPrague-Dubeč4,1758.60485Dolní MěcholupyPrague-Dolní Měcholupy4,1324.66886MotolPrague 53,9733.191,245HodkovičkyPrague 43,9562.081,901Újezd u PrůhonicPrague-Újezd3,8293.701,034HostavicePrague 143,8001.981,919ĎáblicePrague-Ďáblice3,7507.38508KolovratyPrague-Kolovraty3,6435.92606SlivenecPrague-Slivenec3,5365.66706KlánovicePrague-Klánovice3,5115.89902ŠeberovPrague-Šeberov3,1795.00635LipencePrague-Lipence2,9708.25360HrdlořezyPrague 9, Prague 102,9121.961,485Dolní PočernicePrague-Dolní Počernice2,8025.76486NebušicePrague-Nebušice2,7343.68742Velká ChuchlePrague-Velká Chuchle2,5384.61550ŠtěrboholyPrague-Štěrboholy2,4642.97829BěchovicePrague-Běchovice2,4146.83353SatalicePrague-Satalice2,3883.80628PitkovicePrague 222,2082.40920RadlicePrague 51,9522.42806KomořanyPrague 121,8852.08906BřeziněvesPrague-Březiněves1,8213.38537MiškovicePrague-Čakovice1,7862.67668HradčanyPrague 1, Prague 61,7741.511,174VyšehradPrague 21,6510.364,586KolodějePrague-Koloděje1,6263.76434LysolajePrague-Lysolaje1,4842.48598TřeboradicePrague-Čakovice1,3913.69376KřeslicePrague-Křeslice1,1733.44340CholupicePrague 121,1336.39177JosefovPrague 19770.0910,855SedlecPrague 68951.46613LochkovPrague-Lochkov8742.72321TočnáPrague 128704.63187BenicePrague-Benice7292.77263Hájek u UhříněvsiPrague 227032.95238SobínPrague-Zličín6773.02224TřebonicePrague 13, Prague-Řeporyje, Prague-Zličín6514.58142Přední KopaninaPrague-Přední Kopanina6283.27192HolyněPrague-Slivenec4631.93239KrálovicePrague-Královice4384.9688LahovicePrague-Zbraslav3812.03187Nedvězí u ŘíčanPrague-Nedvězí3663.8196LipanyPrague-Kolovraty3010.58518Malá ChuchlePrague-Velká Chuchle2891.42203Zadní KopaninaPrague-Řeporyje1233.5035
Other areas Beyond the 111 cadastral areas named above, many other Prague settlements, quarters and housing estates are perceived as districts, although they do not constitute their own cadastral areas. Examples: Barrandov, Spořilov, Sídliště Košík, Zahradní Město, Pankrác, Letná, Bubny, Zlíchov, Klíčov, Butovice, Klukovice, Kačerov, Jenerálka, Šárka, Strahov, Chodovec, , Dubeček, Lázeňka, Netluky, Zmrzlík, Cikánka, Kateřinky, Hrnčíře, Pitkovičky, Lahovičky, Dolní Černošice, Kazín, Závist, Baně, Strnady, and many others.
The biggest panelák complexes are Jižní Město ("South City"), Severní Město ("North City") and Jihozápadní Město ("Southwest City"), all of which consist of partial housing estates. Most of Prague's panelák estates that were built between the 1960s and 1980s have names that incorporate the Czech word sídliště, which refers to a post-World War 2 eastern bloc housing estate. Many local names originated from names of historic villages in today's Prague area.
Symbols Flags https://rekos.psp.cz/vyhledani-symbolu?typ=0&obec=&poverena_obec=&popis=&kraj=19&okres=0&od=&do=&hledat= Registr komunálních symbolů - Prahahttp://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/cz-11.html Vlajky pražských městských částí na Flags Of The World
Coats of arms
See also ISO 3166-2:CZ, ISO subdivisions codes for the Czech Republic (include codes for districts of Prague)
References
External links Map of Prague administrative and municipal districts from the Czech Statistical Office Description of 2001 local-government reform in Prague from Prague 19 (in Czech)