Basic Information (Moravia – Silesia Region)
- Total area: 5. 445 km2
- Borders: Poland (to the north and east), Slovakia (to the southeast)
- Population: 1.255.910 (in 2003) - most populous region in the Czech Republic
- Population density: 230 inhabitants per km2
- Regional capital: Ostrava (314 102)
- Highest population density in Havířov (2.658 inhabitants per km2)
- Transport accessibility:
- Major international route I/11 (E 75): Opava-Ostrava-Český Těšín- Jablunkov, I/48 (E 462): Nový Jičín-Frýdek Místek- Český Těšín (through the central and eastern part of the region), current reconstruction of I/48 to fast highway R 48
- D 47 - interconnecting of the northern and southern part of the European continent (Odry- Ostrava-Katowice) termination in 2008
- Railway lines of European importance - line No 270 section Prague-Bohumín
- International Airport Ostrava - second largest airport in the Czech Republic
