Croatia

Republic of Croatia

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Location	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia

Capital	Zagreb - 779.145 inhabitants

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

Official language and script	Croatian language and Latin script

Currency unit	1 Kuna (100 lipa)

Government type	Presidential/parliamentary democracy

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)

Ethnic groups	• 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