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Croatia Capital: Zagreb Population: 4,494,749 The Geography of Croatia Total Size: 56,542 square km Size Comparison: slightly smaller than West Virginia Geographical Coordinates: 45 10 N, 15 30 E World Region: Europe General Terrain: geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands Geographical Low Point: Adriatic Sea 0 m Geographical High Point: Dinara 1,830 m Climate: Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast The People of Croatia Type of Government: presidential/parliamentary democracy Languages Spoken: Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census) Independence: 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia) National Holiday: Independence Day, 8 October (1991); note - 25 June 1991 is the day the Croatian Parliament voted for independence; following a three-month moratorium to allow the European Community to solve the Yugoslav crisis peacefully, Parliament adopted a decision on 8 October 1991 to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia Nationality: Croat(s), Croatian(s) Religions: Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census) Economy of Croatia Major Industries: chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper, wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages, tourism Agricultural Products: wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, barley, alfalfa, clover, olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans, potatoes; livestock, dairy products Natural Resources: oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower Major Exports: transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels Major Imports: machinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs Currency: kuna (HRK) National GDP: $55,760,000,000 Total Export Revenue: $10,300,000,000 Brief History of Croatia: The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent Communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998. Back to Geography Home Page

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