About Croatia

Geographical position Croatia extends from the easternmost edge of the Alps in the northwest to the Pannonian plain in the east, via the Dinaric mountain range in the centre and the Adriatic coast towards the south.

Capital city Zagreb, 779 145 inhabitants

Area 56 542 km2

Area of territorial waters 31 067 km2

Coastline 5 835 km of which 1 777 km is on the mainland and 4 058 km on the islands. Croatia’s coast is on the eastern Adriatic seaboard and extends from Prevlaka in the south-east to Cape Savudrija in the north-west.

Islands There are over 1 700 islands, islets, rocks and reefs in the internal sea waters and territorial sea of Croatia. This makes Croatia a unique location for sailing and underwater exploring. Cape Ploča divides the islands into two groups: the northern group (islands running parallel with the coast) and the southern group (islands extending from west to east). The largest islands are Krk and Cres. 67 islands are inhabited.

Population 4 437 460 inhabitants. National structure: the majority of the population are Croats; national minorities consist of Serbs, Slovenes, Hungarians, Bosnians, Italians, Czechs and others.

Religion The majority of the population are Roman Catholics; minorities are Orthodox Christians and members of other Christian denominations and of Islam.

Official language Croatian

Official script Latinic