South Bohemian Region (Czech: Jihoeský kraj) is an administrative unit (kraj) of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia. The western part of the South Bohemian Region is former Prachens (Práchesko), a huge archaic region with distinctive features with its capital, Písek.



The region borders (from the west clockwise) the regions Plze?, Central Bohemia, Vysocina and South Moravia. To the south it borders Austria and Germany. Until 30 May 2001, the region was named as Bud?jovický kraj or ?eskobud?jovický kraj, after its capital, ?eské Bud?jovice