Capital: | Zagreb |
Official language: | Croatian |
Alphabet: | Latin |
Land area: | 56.542 km 2 |
Territorial sea area: | 31.067 km2 |
Population | 4.480.000 |
Currency: | Kuna (HRK) |
Calling code: | +385 |
Total length of coast | 5.835 km |
Mainland coast: | 1.777 km |
Island coast: | 4.058 km |
Number of islands: | 1.185 |
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National Parks of
Croatia Although a small country, Croatia has eight national parks. With Risnjak, Paklenica, the Plitvice Lakes and Northern Velebit in the mountainous area, and with the Kornati Archipelago, the island of Mljet, the Brijuni Archipelago and the Krka waterfalls in the coastal area, Croatia is indeed a jewel of the primeval beauty of nature. A rare European country with so many national parks in so small area! |
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World Heritage Sites
in Croatia Croatian culture is the result of a fourteen century-long history which has seen the development of many cities and monuments, but there are also important remnants of the earlier periods still preserved, many of which today, as zero category monuments, are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The UNESCO has marked seven places in Croatia as World Heritage. |
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Notable people
from Croatia
The culture of Croatia has roots in a long history. Croatia is the birthplace of a number of historical figures whose great deeds have forever etched the name of Croatia in large letters on the map of the world. Some of the people Croats take special pride in include: explorer Marco Polo, inventor of parachutes Faust Vrančić, physicist, astronomer, mathematician and philosopher Roger Joseph Boscovich (Ruđer Bošković), sculptor Ivan Meštrović, inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla, etc… Did you know that one of the world's greatest inventors, Nikola Tesla, was born in 1856 in the small village of Smiljan in Croatia? |
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