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Business in Croatia: Country and People
Here you will get to know more about the administrative structure, the population as well as geographic data of Croatia...
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General administrative structure |
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Official flag of the republic Croatia
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Conventional short form:
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Croatia (Hrvatska)
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Conventional long form:
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Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska)
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Total area (km²): 1)
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56.542 km²
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Population: 1)
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4.491.543 (July 2008 est.)
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Capital:
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Zagreb
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Government type: 1)
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presidential / parliamentary democracy
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Chief of state: 1)
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President Stjepan (Stipe) Mesic (since 18 February 2000)
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Head of government: 1)
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Prime Minister Ivo Sanader (since 9 December 2003)
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Administrative districts:
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20 counties (zupanije, singular: zupanija) and
1 city* (singular: grad):
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- Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska Zupanija
- Brodsko-Posavska Zupanija
- Dubrovacko-Neretvanska Zupanija
- Istarska Zupanija
- Karlovacka Zupanija
- Koprivnicko-Krizevacka Zupanija
- Krapinsko-Zagorska Zupanija
- Licko-Senjska Zupanija
- Medimurska Zupanija
- Osjecko-Baranjska Zupanija
- Pozesko-Slavonska Zupanija
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- Primorsko-Goranska Zupanija
- Sibensko-Kninska Zupanija
- Sisacko-Moslavacka Zupanija
- Splitsko-Dalmatinska Zupanija
- Varazdinska Zupanija
- Viroviticko-Podravska Zupanija
- Vukovarsko-Srijemska Zupanija
- Zadarska Zupanija
- Zagreb *
- Zagrebacka Zupanija
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Official language:
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Croatian
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Currency (code):
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Croatian kuna (HRK)
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Country code:
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00385
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Country symbol:
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HR
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Internet contry code:
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.hr
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National holiday:
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25 June (1991)
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Age structure (2008 est.):1)
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0-14 years:
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15.8% (m: 363.551; f: 345.132) |
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15-64 years:
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67.2% (m: 1.501.949; f: 1.517.962) |
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65 years and over:
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17.0% (m: 295.229; f: 467.720) |
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Median age (2008 est.): 1)
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total:
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40.8 years |
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male:
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38.9 years |
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female:
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42.6 years |
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| Ethnic groups (2001): 1) |
Croat:
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89.6% |
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Serb:
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4.5% |
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other:
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5.9% |
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| Languages: 1) |
- Croatian (official language),
- besides: Serbian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak and German
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| Mobile phones: 1) |
5.035.000 (2007) |
| Internet hosts: 1) |
261.954 (2007) |
| Internet users: 1) |
1.995.000 (2007) |
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Geographic location:
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Southeastern Europe; bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
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Land boundaries: 1)
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2.197 km
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Border countries:
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 932 km
- Serbia: 241 km
- Montenegro: 25 km
- Slovenia: 670 km
- Hungary: 329 km
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Coastline: 1)
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5.835 km (mainland: 1.777 km; islands 4.058 km)
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Natural resources: 1)
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oil, bauxite, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays
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Climate: 1)
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Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winter and dry summers along coast.
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Sources of information:
1) CIA World Factbook, updated on 9 October, 2008
(c) Copyright 2005, Verband der Vereine Creditreform e.V. / Creditreform International e.V.
kindly supported by Creditreform d.o.o., Zagreb
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