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The Republic of Croatia is in southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula Formerly one of the six republics of Yugoslavia, Croatia declared its independence in 1991. Croatia is situated on the eastern side of the Adriatic Sea, across from Italy. The shape of Croatia is like the letter V. Zagreb is the capital and largest city of the country.
| Country Name : | Croatia |
| Capital : | Zagreb |
| Largest City : | Zagreb |
| Official Language : | Croatian |
| Government : | Republic |
| President : | Stjepan Mesic |
| Prime Minister : | Ivo Sanader |
| Area : | 56,542 kmē |
| Area Rank : | 126th |
| Population : | 4,551,000 |
| Population Rank : | 115th |
| Density : | 81/kmē |
| Density Rank : | 109th |
| GDP Total : | $59,334 billion |
| GDP Total Rank : | 71st |
| GDP per Capita : | $14,285 |
| GDP per Capita Rank : | 52nd |
| Currency : | Kuna |
| Time Zone : | CET (UTC+1) |
| Internet TLD : | .hr |
| Calling Code : | +385 |
| Geographic Coordinates : | 45 10 N, 15 30 E |
| Railways : | 2,726 km |
| Highways : | 28,344 km |
| Waterways : | 785 km |
| Internet Users : | 1,451,100 |
| Radio Users : | 1.51 million |
| Mobile Users : | 2.984 million |
| Telephone Users : | 1,889,500 |
| Population Growth : | -0.03% |
| Birth Rate : | 9.61 births/1,000 |
| Death Rate : | 11.48 deaths/1,000 |
| Airport : | 68 |
Description :
Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms.
Pre-history: - A tribe of Croats arrived at the Roman provinces of Dalmatian and Pannonia in the 7th century and was assimilated into the larger native Illyro-Roman and recently arrived Slavic population which took the same name Various Croatian rulers ruled over these dukedoms, but after that the Roman Empire controlled them.
In 925, Croatia became a kingdom and retained its independence until 1102.
The Battle of Mohacs: - The battle of Mohacs in 1526 led the Croatian Parliament to elect the Habsburgs to the throne of Croatia. By the 18th century, much of Croatian territories passed to the Austrians. Istria, Dalmatia and Dubrovnik were passed to the Habsburg Monarchy.
First World War: - After the First World War, Croatia Joined the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. After a very short period, this joint state entered into a union with Serbia to form the kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Second World War: - During the Second World War, Yugoslavia was invaded and fascist forces into the independent state of Croatia transformed Croatia. When the Axis powers were defeated the anti-fascists reintegrated the country into Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia became a federal Socialist state.
Independence: - On June 25, 1991, Croatia declared its independence form Yugoslavia.
Croatian culture is based on a thirteen-century-long history during which the country has attained many monuments and cities, which gave birth to a good number of brilliant individuals.
Art: - Croatians arts show a mix of influences. The Dalmatian coast was connected with Italy, so architectural marvels of Roman are still available in Dalmatia. As per example, Split contains the Roman emperor Diocletian's place, while a Roman amphitheater is situated in Pula. Croatia includes six World Heritage sites and eight national parks. Two Nobel proze winners came from Croatia, as did numerous important inventors and other notable people. Josip Generalic and other Croatian painters developed an international reputation. Croatia also has a place in the history of clothing as the origin of the necktie. Croatia has a long artistic, literary and musical tradition. Ivan Mestrovic was a great sculptor of Croatia.
Literature: - Croatian literature blossomed in Dubrovnik in the 16th and 17th centuries, with the poems of greatest poets like Ivan Gundulic and Marko Morulic and plays of Great play-writer Marin Drazic. During the 19th century, Croatian literature was dominated by themes of national liberation. Some great writers look the form of promoting the Yugoslav idea of a common state for the South Slavic peoples, originally a Croatian idea, while other writers stressed the need for a sovereign, independent Croatian state. The disputes between these two nationalist ideas continued until 1991, when the Yugoslav idea was completely lost with the establishment of independent Croatia.
Miroslav Krieza was an outstanding example of the 20th century, but his works lost populatity after Yugoslovia was broken apart. Dubravka Ugresic and Slavenka Drakulic formed international fame during the breakup of Yugoslavia, but they were criticized for being antinationalist and live outside of Croatia.
Location: - Croatia is located between central, southern and Eastern Europe. It is at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans.
Croatia is shaped like the letter V lying on its side. Inside the V, to the southeast, is the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia is surrounded by Slovenia and Hungary to the north and to the east Serbia and Montenegro.
Coastline: - Croatia has a long coastline on the Adriatic Sea. More than 1000 small islands included in this coast and form port of Croatia's territory.
Landscape: - The landscape of Croatia containing plains, lakes and rolling hills in the continental north and northeast. It also containing wooded mounting in Lika and Gorski Kotar and part of the Dinaric Alps. It also containing rocky coastlines on the Adriatic Sea.
Area: - The total area of Croatia is about 56,542 sq. km.
Population: - According to the 2005 estimate, total population of Croatia was about 45,51,000 and its population density was about 83 persons per sq. km.
Parks: - Croatia is famous for its many beautiful national perks.
Climate: - Croatia has a mixture of climates. In the north and east it is continental, Mediterranean along the coast and a semi-highland and highland climate in the south-central region.
Capital: - Zagreb is a capital and the largest city of Croatia.
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The main aspects of Croatian economy are various services, some light industries and tourism.
Tourism: - Tourism is a notable source of income of Croatia. The scenic beauty of the Adriatic coast and the country's rich culture traditions attract more than 6 million tourists every year.
GDP: - The estimated GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita in purchasing power parity terms for 2005 was USD 12,158 or 45.2% of the EU average for the same year. The country has experienced faster economic growth.
Other sources of income: - In addition to tourism, the Croatian economy is balanced between industry, manufacturing and agriculture. Moreover Croatia is rich in mineral resources, including petroleum, coal and natural gas.
Unemployment: - The high unemployment rate is the main economic problem of Croatia.
EU membership: - In February 2005, Croatia implemented the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU and is advancing further towards full EU membership. The country expects some major economic impulses and high growth rates in the following next years.
Population: - According to the July 2005 estimate, total population of Croatia was about 45,51,000 and its population density was about 83 persons per sq. km.
Ethnic Groups: - The population of Croatia is mostly ethnic Croat, which is about 89.9% of the total population. There are around twenty minorities, among them Serbs being the largest one, which are about 4.5%. There are also small populations of Muslims, Hungarians, Slovenes, Italians and others.
Religion: - The predominant religion of Croatia is Catholicism, which is followed by approximately 87.8% of the total population. Orthodox church religion is followed by about 4.4% of the total population while only 1.3% of the total populations are followers of Muslim religion.
Members of all ethnic groups in Croatia speak dialects of a south Slavic language traditionally known as Serbo-Croatian or Croato-Serbian and today called Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS). In Croatia, the Latin script is used virtually exclusively, through Serbs may still use the Cyrillic script. Since the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1991, the government of Croatia has maintained that Croatian is a different language and it is not a dialect.
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