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Region: Eastern Europe

Capital: Zagreb

Population: 4,427,282

Area Total: 56,538

Area Land: 56,410

Climate: Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast.



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Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Zagreb - Centar 800,000 2020
Split 176,314 2020
Zagreb 698,966 2020

Other Key Data
Region: Eastern Europe
Population: 4,427,282
Area Total: 56,538km2
Area Land: 56,410km2
Coast Line: 5,790km
Capital: Zagreb
Climate: Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast.
Languages: Croatian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian and German. Istriot, Istro-Romanian, and Serbo-Croatian also have been spoken in specific regions or at specific points in recent history.
Currency: 1 Croatian kuna (HRK) = 100 lipas
Holiday: Statehood Day is 30 May (1990), Independence Day is 8 October


Average Daily Temperature
January: °C / 39.00°F
July: °C / 72.50°F
Annual Rainfall: mm / 41.1"


Boundaries
Bosnia-Herzegovina 932 km
Slovenia 546 km
Hungary 329 km
Serbia 241 km
Montenegro 25 km


Ethnic Divisions
Croat 78.10%
Serb 12.20%
other 6.60%
Bosniak 0.90%
Hungarian 0.50%
Slovenian 0.50%
Czech 0.40%
Albanian 0.30%
Roma 0.20%


Religions
Roman Catholic 76.50%
Orthodox 11.10%
others and unknown 10.80%
Muslim 1.20%
Protestant 0.40%

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