Croatia extends from the eastern edges of the Alps in the northwest to the Pannonian lowlands and the banks of the Danube in the east central region is covered by the Dinara mountain range, and its southern parts extend to the Adriatic coast.
Area:
The mainland covers 56,542 km2, a surface of the territorial sea is 31,067 km2.
Population:
4,437,460 inhabitants, the national majority of the population are Croats; national minorities are Serbs, Slovenes, Hungarians, Bosnians, Italians, Czechs and others.
Government:
Croatia is a parliamentary republic.
Capital:
Zagreb (779,145 inhabitants), the economic, cultural and academic center of the country.
Coastline:
5835 km, of which 4058 km coastline of islands, islets and reefs.
Number of islands, islets and reefs:
1185; the largest islands are Krk and Cres are 50 inhabited islands
Highest peak:
Dinara 1831 m
Climate:
There are two climatic zones in the interior dominated by a temperate continental climate, locally also a mountainous, while along the Adriatic coast have a pleasantly mild Mediterranean climate with many sunny days, dry and hot summers, mild and wet winters, the average temperature in the inland: January 0 to 2 ° C, August 19 to 23 ° C, the average temperature at the seaside: January 6 to 11 ° C, August 21 to 27 ° C, the sea temperature is 12 ° C in summer, about 25 ° C.
Cash:
HRK (kuna = 100 lipa). Foreign currency can be exchanged at banks, exchange offices, post offices, travel agencies and hotels;
Currency:
Kuna (1 Kuna = 100 Lipa). There are coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 lipa and 1, 2, 5 and 25 Kuna coins and 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000 Kuna.
Power supply:
220V, frequency 50Hz
Tap water is potable throughout Croatia.
Call number:
Country code for Croatia is +385.
