Croatia Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Croatia with its capital Zagreb is located in Europe (Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea). It covers some 56,543 square kilometres (slightly smaller than West Virginia) with 4,491,000 citizens. Croatian and Serbian are the the languages spoken by people in Croatia. Hungary, Slovenia, , Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia are bordering countries.

Croatia is a country situated in the Balkans and in Central Europe. Northern Croatia has a temperate continental climate whereas the central and upland regions have a mountainous climate. The entire Adriatic coast has a pleasant Mediterranean climate. Croatia was the first country in Europe to start with the concept of commercial naturist resorts. According to some estimates about 15% of all tourists that visit the country are naturists or nudists (more than one million each year).

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About Croatia

The topography features geographically diverse with flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands. The average density of population is about 79 per km². The climate in Croatia can be described as Mediterranean and continental with continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters, mild winters, dry summers along coast. Potential natural disasters are destructive earthquakes.

To reach someone in Croatia dial +385 prior to a number. There are 1,859,000 installed telephones. And there are 6,035,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".hr". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 21 regions/states in Croatia we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Croatian population shrinked at a rate of -0.06% (or by 2,737 citizens). With 53,080 deaths and 43,209 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at -0.22%. 7,134 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Croatia: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.