Area: 56.594 Kmē
Population: 4.443.000 (2002 est.)
Density: 79 pop/Kmē

System of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Zagreb (692.000 pop., 779.000 urban aggl.)
Major cities: Split 175.100 pop., Rijeka 143.800 pop., Osijek 90.400 ab., Zadar 69.600 ab., Slavonski Brod 58.600 ab., Pula 58.600 ab.
Ethnic majority: Croat 90%, Serb 4,5%, others 5,5%
Border countries: Slovenia NORTH, Hungary NORTH-EAST, Serbia and Montenegro EAST, Bosnia and Herzegovina SOUTH and EAST

Principal mountains: Dinara 1831 m
Principal rivers: Sava 562 Km (croatian tract, total 947 Km), Drava 505 Km (croatian tract, total 707 Km), Mura 438 Km, Kupa 296 Km, Danube 188 Km (croatian tract, total 2860 Km)
Principal lakes: Vransko jezero 30,7 Kmē, Dubravsko jezero 17,1 Kmē
Principal islands: Krk 405,78 Kmē, Cres 405,78 Kmē, Brac 394,57 Kmē, Hvar 299,66 Kmē, Pag 284,56 Kmē, Korcula 276,03 Kmē, Dugi otok 114,44 Kmē, Mljet 100,41 Kmē
Climate: Continental - mediterranean

Language: Croatian
Religion: Catholic 88%, Orthodox 4,5%, other 7,5%
Currency: Croatian Kuna (HRK)

Useful Links:
Croatian National Tourist Board 
inDalmazia.com 

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Data update 31.03.2001. Source: Central Bureau of Statistics