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Official country name

Republic of Croatia

Short name

Croatia

Local names

Republika Hrvatska (long)

Hrvatska (short)

Former name

People's Republic of Croatia, Socialist Republic of Croatia

Nationality

Croat(s), Croatian(s) (noun) Hrvatska (adjective)

Languages spoken

Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)

Capital

Zagreb

Government type

presidential/parliamentary democracy

Population

4,491,543 ranked 122, (data 2008)

Geography

controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits; most Adriatic Sea islands lie off the coast of Croatia - some 1,200 islands, islets, ridges, and rocks. The lowest point is Adriatic Sea 0 m.

Coastline

Coastline 5,835 km. mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km
 

Land borders
1,982km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia 241 km, Montenegro 25 km, Slovenia 455 km.
Administrative divisions
20 counties (zupanije, zupanija - singular) and 1 city* (grad - singular); Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska, Brodsko-Posavska, Dubrovacko-Neretvanska (Dubrovnik-Neretva), Istarska (Istria), Karlovacka, Koprivnicko-Krizevacka, Krapinsko-Zagorska, Licko-Senjska (Lika-Senj), Medimurska, Osjecko-Baranjska, Pozesko-Slavonska (Pozega-Slavonia), Primorsko-Goranska, Sibensko-Kninska, Sisacko-Moslavacka, Splitsko-Dalmatinska (Split-Dalmatia), Varazdinska, Viroviticko-Podravska, Vukovarsko-Srijemska, Zadarska, Zagreb*, Zagrebacka
Independence
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)

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