General Info about Croatia

Geographical position:

Croatia extends from the furthest eastern edges of the Alps in the north-west to the Pannonian lowlands and the banks of the Danube in the east; its central region is covered by the Dinara mountain range, and its southern parts extend to the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
 

Surface:

The mainland covers 56,594 km2; surface area of territorial waters totals 31,067 km2.
 

Population:

4,437,460 inhabitants; composition of population: the majority of the population are Croats; national minorities are Serbs, Slovenes, Hungarians, Bosnians, Italians, Czechs and others.
 

System of government:

Multi-party parliamentary republic.
 

Capital:

Zagreb (779,145 inhabitants), the economic, traffic, cultural and academic centre of the country.
 

Coastline:

5,835.3 km, of which 4,058 km comprise the coastlines of islands, solitary rocks and reefs. Number of islands, solitary rocks and reefs: 1,185; the largest islands are Cres and Krk; there are 47 inhabited islands.
 

Highest peak:

Dinara: 1,831 m above sea level.
 

Currency:

kuna (1 kuna = 100 lipa). Foreign currency can be exchanged in banks, exchange offices, post offices, travel agencies, hotels, camps, marinas; cheques can be cashed in banks.

 

 

 

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