| Zagreb - with around 801.000 inhabitants, it is the country's economic, transport, cultural and scientific center | |
| Geographical location | Croatia lies east of the Adriatic Sea & extends from the eastern edge of the Alps in the northwest and the Pannonian Plain in the east, across the Dinara Mountains in the central part, up to the Adriatic coast in the south of the country |
| shoreline | 6.176 km - of which 1.778 km coastline along the mainland & 4.398 km on the offshore islands, cliffs and rocks |
| islands | 1246 islands - 47 of them are inhabited. The largest islands are Krk and Cres |
| Political & other data | |
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| Established / independence | 08 October 1991 |
| government | Parliamentary democracy |
| population | 4.190.669 |
| National structure | The majority of the population are Croatians. The national minorities are: Serbs, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Italians and others |
| Religion | The majority of the population is Roman Catholic, with a smaller part made up of Orthodox, Muslims, Protestants and various other creeds |