General info:
| Official name |
Republic of Croatia |
| Official language |
Croatian |
| Alphabet |
Latin |
| Currency |
Kuna (100 lipa) |
| Population (1991.) |
4,784,000 (2,465,000 female,
2,319,000 male) |
| Number of islands |
1,185 (66 inhabited) |
| Capital |
Zagreb (nearly 1 million
inhabitants) |
Area:
| Total state area |
89,810 km2 |
| Teritory area (land) |
56,610 km2 |
Aquatorium area
(internal sea line) |
33,200 km2 |
Marine economy region
(teritorial sea line) |
23,870 km2 |
| Total economy area |
113,680 km2 |
| Coastline length |
5,835 km |
| Coastline length of mainland |
1,777 km |
| Coastline length of islands |
4,058 km |
Location:
Geographically situated on the cross-roads between
Central Europe and the Mediterranean.
Political system:
parlamentary multiparty Republic
Teritorial-administrative
structure:
20 counties and the Town of Zagreb with 121 towns
and 416 communities
I Zagreb
II Krapina and Zagorje
III Sisak and Moslavina
IV Karlovac
V Varazdin
VI Koprivnica and Krizevci
VII Bjelovar and Bilogora
VIII Rijeka
IX Lika and Senj
X Virovitica and Podravina
|
XI Pozega and Slavonia
XII Slavonski Brod and Posavina
XIII Zadar
XIV Osijek and Baranja
XV Sibenik and Knin
XVI Vukovar and Srijem
XVII Split and Dalmatia
XVIII Istria
XIX Dubrovnik and Neretva
XX Medjimurje
|
Other important towns:
(listed alphabetically)
Dubrovnik, Gospic, Karlovac, Osijek, Pula, Rijeka,
Slavonski Brod, Sisak, Split, Sibenik, Varazdin, Vukovar, Zadar
Anthem:
The Republic of Croatia's national anthem is
"Lijepa nasa domovino" ("Our Beautiful Homeland").
Antun Mihanovic is the author of the lyrics.
Flag and Coat-of-Arms:
 The
Croatian National flag is red-white-blue tricolor (arranged in this order
perpendicularly to the staff), with the coat of arms (13 red squares and
12 silver squares arranged intermittently in a 5 times 5 pattern). This
coat of arms was affirmed by 15th century documents. It is a very old
symbol of Croatia ressembling a red-white chess table. Now it also has
a crown composed of five regional symbols representing 1) The oldest known
Croatian coat of arms, 2) Dubrovnik, 3) Dalmatia, 4) Istria and 5) Slavonia.
Culture:
Belonging to the Middle-European and Mediterranean cultural and civilisation
circle and tradition. Extremely rich and valuable cultural and historical
heritage is pointing to a millenium old presence of Croatia in the area.
The specific urban culture of coastal and island areas is easily seen
in towns such as: Porec, Rovinj, Pula, Zadar, Sibenik, Hvar, Korcula and
Ston, with Split (Diocletian's Palace) and Dubrovnik representing a part
of the world cultural heritage under UNESCO protection.
Climate:
Northern Croatia has a continental climate. Central,
semimountainous and mountainous regions, as well as the entire Adriatic
coast, have a Mediterranean climate. Spring and autumn are mild along
the coast, while winter can be cold and snowy in central and northern
regions.
Religions:
Roman-catholics, orthodox, muslim, jews, protestants,
others
|
