GEOGRAPHICAL
POSITION:
Croatia extends from the furthest eastern edges of the Alps
in the north-west to the Pannonian lowlands and the banks
of the Danube in the east; its central region is covered
by the Dinara mountain range, and its southern parts extend
to the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
SURFACE:
the mainland covers 56,542 km2, and the surface of the territorial
sea is 31,067 km2.
POPULATION:
4,437,460 inhabitants; composition of population: the majority
of the population are Croats; national minorities are Serbs,
Slovenes, Hungarians, Bosnians, Italians, Czechs and others.
System of government: multi-party parliamentary republic.
CAPITAL:
Zagreb (779,145 inhabitants), the economic, traffic, cultural
and academic centre of the country.
COASTLINE:
5,835 km of which 4,058 km comprise a coastline of islands,
solitary rocks and reefs. Number of islands, solitary rocks
and reefs: 1,185; the largest islands are Krk and Cres;
there are 50 inhabited islands.
HIGHEST PEAK:
Dinara: 1,831 m above sea level.
CURRENCY:
kuna (1 kuna = 100 lipa). Foreign currency can be exchanged
in banks, exchange offices, post offices, travel agencies,
hotels, camps, marinas; cheques can be cashed in banks.
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