| Official name: |
Republic of Croatia |
| Land area: |
56.542 km² |
| Territorial sea area: |
31.067 km² |
| Geographical
position: |
Croatia is situated on the cross-roads between Central Europe
and the Mediterranean, along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea
and its hinterland. It streches from the hilly sides of the Alps on the North-West
to the Panonnian plain on the East. |
| Population (2001 Census): |
4,437.460 (female 51,84 %, male 48,16 %) |
| Number of inhabitants
per km²: |
78,5 |
| Official language and
script: |
Croatian language and Latin script |
| Currency unit: |
1 Kuna (100 lipa) – HRK |
| Capital: |
Zagreb – 779.145 inhabitants (2001 Census) |
| Length of the coast,
including islands: |
5.835 km |
| Number of islands,
cliffs and reefs: |
1.185 – 47 of them inhabited |
| Climate: |
- Continental in the Northern Croatia
- Mountainous in the Central Croatia
- Mediterranean along the Adriatic Coast (average
of 2.600 sunny hours per year) |
