Croatia Tourism

General Information

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

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Croatia Tourism