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Information

06/04/07

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Croatia is situated on the cross-roads between Central Europe and the Mediterranean, along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea and its hinterland. It streches from the hilly sides of the Alps on the North-West to the Panonnian plain on the East.

Official name

Republic of Croatia

Location

Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia

Land area

56.542 km2

Territorial sea area

31.067 km2

Land boundaries

2,197 km (border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia 241 km, Montenegro 25 km, Slovenia 670 km)

Terrain

Geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands

Population (2001 Census)

4.437.460

Number of inhabitants per km2

78,5

Official language and script

Croatian language and Latin script

Currency unit

1 Kuna (100 lipa)

Capital

Zagreb - 779.145 inhabitants

Government type

presidential/parliamentary democracy

Independence

25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)

Constitution

adopted on 22 December 1990; revised 2000, 2001

International organization participation

ACCT (observer), BIS, BSEC (observer), CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SECI, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNOCI, UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Territorial-administrative structure

  • 21 counties (including the City of Zagreb)
  • 122 towns
  • 424 municipalities
  • 6767 settlements

Length of the coast, including islands

5.835 km

Number of islands, cliffs and reefs

1.185 - inhabited 47

Climate

  • Continental in the Northern Croatia
  • Mountainous in the Central Croatia
  • Mediterranean along the Adriatic Coast (average of 2600 sunny hours per year)

Population

  • majority: Croatian
  • national minorities: Serbs, Muslims, Slovenes, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Italians and others

Religions

  • majority: Roman Catholics
  • Orthodox, Islamic, Jews, Protestants and others

Internet country code

.hr

More about Croatia please find at Croatian National Tourist Board web site.