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| Name | Estimated Population (January 1973) | Coordinates | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hradec Kralove | 83,000 | 50°13'N., 15°50'E. | Administrative center of Vychodocesky Kraj (East Bohemian Region). Nationally significant industrial center producing heavy machinery and equipment for the chemical and food processing industries. Production includes entire plants such as urea and ammonia plants, breweries, sugar mills for domestic and extensive foreign markets. Other products of national importance include pistons for combustion engines, ceramic components for the electronics industry, glass-reinforced plastics, marine diesel engines, rubber goods, and film material, photo chemicals, and copying paper. Military medical research and training center, including work on CW/BW warfare. Army barracks for 5,000 troops. Home airbase for fighter aircraft. Important railroad and highway junction. |
| Kolin | 28,000 | 50°02'N., 15°12'E. | Highly industrialized city in Stredocesky Kraj (Central Bohemian Region). Diversified enterprises account for nationally significant production of chemicals, such as sulfuric and phosphoric acid, superphosphate fertilizer, chloride, hydrogen cyanide, silicones; also oil refining in medium-size refinery. POL storage 400,000 barrels. Machine building plants produce boilers, generators, cooling and refrigeration equipment; also significant output of telecommunications equipment, abrasives, insulation material. Caslav Airfield, 11 miles southeast, is a home base for fighter aircraft. Important railroad and highway junction on route to Vienna (Austria) and Budapest (Hungary). |
| Komarno | 27,000 | 47°46'N., 18°08'E. | Strategically located in Zapadoslovensky Kraj (West Slovak Region) on the left bank of the navigable Danube, which forms border with Hungary. Hungarian sister city Komarom on right bank. City contains the country's largest shipyard. Significant production of river craft, including passenger ships, cargo ships, and dredges. Nearly ¾ of output is exported to the U.S.S.R. Principal Danube port with average yearly turnover of 2½ million metric tons; to be increased to 4½ million tons in near future. Junction of rail and highway routes into Hungary (Budapest). Barracks for 3,100 troops. Concentration of Soviet occupation troops. |
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