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Holiday in Croatia - Croatia in brief |
Croatia is positioned
on the crossroads of paths between middle Europe and Mediterranean.
It's near dense populated and economicaly developed European
countries
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Basic facts - Republic of Croatia: |
Official
name: |
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Republic of
Croatia |
Official
language: |
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Croatian |
Official
script: |
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Latin |
Monetary
unit |
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Croatian Kuna
(kn) |
Population |
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4,437,460
(2001 census) |
Capital
city: |
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Zagreb
(population of 779,145 - 2001) |
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Croatia
geography : |
Total area of
Croatia is 87,609 sq. km, with land area of and Croatia
territorial sea area of 56,542 sq. km.
The area of Croatia is usualy divided into three major natural
and geographic parts:
The Pannonian and Peri-Pannonian area of Croatia comprises
the lowland and hilly parts of eastern and northwestern
Croatia;
The hilly and mountainous area of Croatia, which separates
Pannonian Croatia from its coastal part and the
The Adriatic Area of Croatia includes the narrow coastal
belt separated from the hinterland by high mountains.
Croatia is administratively divided to 20 counties and the
Town of Zagreb. |
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Larger
cities in Croatia: |
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largest city is the capital, Zagreb (pop.
779,145) followed by Split (pop. 188,694)
as the center of south Croatia, Rijeka (pop.
144,043) on the north of Croatia Adriatic and Osijek
(pop. 114,616) as the center of eastern Croatia. |
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Climate in Croatia: |
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The climate in Croatia is Mediterranean on the coast and continental
inland with semi highland and highland climate in central
Croatia. Temperatures in continental Croatia average around
10°C , while average temperatures on the coastal areas of
Croatia are around 15°C . During the summer months, temperatures
along the coast are often in excess of 30°C . Summer temperatures
range from 22 to 26°C in the continental region, 15 to 20°C
in the mountain region and 26 to 30°C in the coastal region.
This makes Adriatic coast of Croatia great summer holiday
destination. |
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National parks in Croatia: |
Protecting it's
natural resources and beautiful resorts Croatia declared
8 national parks and 10 parks of nature as protected regions
of unspoiled nature. National parks, definetly worth visiting,
specially if some of them is along your route to final destination
in Croatia are (along with links to web sites):
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