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The geography of Croatia is defined by its location—it is described as located at the crossroads of Central Europe and Southeast Europe, or within the wider region of Southern Europe. Croatia's territory covers 56,594 km 2 (21,851 sq mi), making it the 127th largest country in the world. Bordered by Slovenia in the northwest, Hungary in the ...
Croatia is a republic and has a parliamentary system. It is a member of the European Union, the Eurozone, the Schengen Area, NATO, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the World Trade Organization, a founding member of the Union for the Mediterranean, and is currently in the process of joining the OECD.
Croatia, as a polity, first appeared as a duchy in the 7th century, the Duchy of Croatia. With the nearby Principality of Lower Pannonia, [ 1] it was united and elevated into the Kingdom of Croatia which lasted from 925 until 1102. From the 12th century, the Kingdom of Croatia entered a personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary.
Croatia – unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of Central Europe, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. The country's population is 4 million, most of whom are Croats, with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism. Croatia is a member of the European Union (since July 2013) and of NATO ...
Istria (/ ˈ ɪ s t r i ə / IST-ree-ə; Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Italian and Venetian: Istria) [1] is the largest peninsula to border the Adriatic Sea.Located at the top of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf, the peninsula is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy, [2] [3] 90% of its area being part of Croatia. [4]
The counties of Croatia (Croatian: hrvatske županije) are the first-level administrative subdivisions of the Republic of Croatia. [1] Since they were re-established in 1992, Croatia has been divided into 20 counties and the capital city of Zagreb , which has the authority and legal status of both a county and a city (separate from the ...
Croatian historical regions according to the map of Matthäus Seutter from 1720. Croatia. Dalmatia. Sclavonia (Slavonia) Istria. Ragusina Respublica (Dubrovnik Republic) Banovina (or Banija) is a region in central Croatia, situated between the rivers Sava, Una and Kupa . Baranja.
In May 2010, Google Street View Cars and Trikes were seen in Croatian cities and towns such as Pula, Split, Dubrovnik, and the capital, Zagreb. [citation needed] This brings a Street View September dream to both Croatia and Andorra available. In August 2010, Google Street View Cars were photographing Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney as well as ...