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Zagreb
Croatia, officially the
Republic of Croatia (
Croatian:
Republika Hrvatska About this sound listen (help·info)), is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic at the crossroads of
Central Europe,
Southern Europe, and the
Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is
Zagreb.
The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb.
Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles) and has diverse, mostly continental and
Mediterranean climates. Croatia's
Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands. The country's population is 4.28 million, most of whom are
Croats, with the most common religious denomination being
Roman Catholicism.
Having joined on 1 July
2013, Croatia is the newest, 28th member state of the
European Union.
The Croats arrived in the area of present-day Croatia during the early part of the
7th century. They organised the state into two duchies by the
9th century. Tomislav became the first king by 925 AD, elevating Croatia to the status of a kingdom.
The Kingdom of Croatia retained its sovereignty for nearly two centuries, reaching its peak during the rule of
Kings Peter Krešimir IV and
Dmitar Zvonimir. Croatia entered a personal union with
Hungary in 1102. In 1527, faced with Ottoman conquest the
Croatian Parliament elected
Ferdinand I of the
House of Habsburg to the Croatian throne. In
1918, after
World War I, Croatia was included in the unrecognized
State of
Slovenes, Croats, and
Serbs which seceded from Austria--Hungary and merged into the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia. A fascist Croatian puppet state existed during
World War II.
After the war, Croatia became a founding member and a federal constituent of
Second Yugoslavia, a socialist state. In June
1991, Croatia declared independence, which came into effect on 8 October of the same year. The
Croatian War of Independence was fought successfully during the four years following the declaration.
Croatia today has a very high
Human Development Index.
The International Monetary Fund classified Croatia as an emerging and developing economy, and the
World Bank identified it as a high income economy. Croatia is a member of the European Union,
United Nations, the
Council of Europe,
NATO, the
World Trade Organization and a founding member of the
Union for the Mediterranean. As an active participant in the
UN peacekeeping forces, Croatia has contributed troops to the NATO-led mission in
Afghanistan and took a non-permanent seat on the
UN Security Council for the 2008--2009 term.
The service sector dominates Croatia's economy, followed by the industrial sector and agriculture.
Tourism is a significant source of revenue during the summer, with Croatia ranked the
18th most popular tourist destination in the world.
The state controls a part of the economy, with substantial government expenditure.
The European Union is Croatia's most important trading partner. Since
2000, the
Croatian government has invested in infrastructure, especially transport routes and facilities along the
Pan-European corridors. Internal sources produce a significant portion of energy in Croatia; the rest is imported. Croatia provides a universal health care system and free primary and secondary education, while supporting culture through numerous public institutions and through corporate investments in media and publishing.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia
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- published: 08 Nov 2013
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