Číhošť
| Číhošť | |||
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| Municipality | |||
 Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary | |||
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  Číhošť | |||
| Coordinates: 49°44′25″N 15°20′15″E / 49.74028°N 15.33750°ECoordinates: 49°44′25″N 15°20′15″E / 49.74028°N 15.33750°E | |||
| Country |
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| Region | Vysočina | ||
| District | Havlíčkův Brod | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 16.28 km2 (6.29 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 545 m (1,788 ft) | ||
| Population (1.1.2014) | |||
| • Total | 315 | ||
| • Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 582 87 to 584 01 | ||
| Website | http://www.cihost.cz/ | ||
Číhošť (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃiːɦoʃc]; German: Čihošt, from 1939: Tschihoscht) is a village and municipality (obec) in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of 16.28 square kilometres (6.29 sq mi), and has a population of 336 (as at 3 July 2006).
Číhošť lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) north-west of Havlíčkův Brod, 43 km (27 mi) north-west of Jihlava, and 77 km (48 mi) south-east of Prague.
Near the village lies the officially calculated geographical centre of the Czech Republic.
The village was a site of the so-called Číhošť miracle in 1949, which led to a crackdown by communist authorities against the Catholic Church and murder of local priest Josef Toufar.
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