Basic Facts

Official name: Republika Hrvatska (Republic of Croatia) Croatia

Head of State: Ivo Josipovic, President
Head of Government: Premiärminister Zoran Milanovic
Capital: Zagreb (ca 1 million inhabitants)
National Day: June 25

Name: Croatia, or in Croatian - Republika Hrvatska (HR).

Capital: Zagreb, and has been the capital of Croatia since 1557.

Area: 56,542 km2, with an additional 31,067 km2 of territorial waters.

Population: 4,290,612 (2011 consensus)

Language(s): Croatian is the principal language and is spoken by 96% of the population.
The official script used is Latin.

Ethnic Groups: Croatian - 78.0%; Serbian - 12.0%; Muslim - 0.9%; Hungarian - 0.5%; Slovenian - 0.5%; other - 8.1%.

Religion(s): Roman Catholic - 76.5%; Orthodox - 11.1%; Slavic Muslim - 1.2%; Protestant - 0.4%; other - 10.8%.

Currency: The name of the Croatian monetary unit is Kuna (Hrk), which has 100 lipa-s.

The Exchange Rate has been fairly stable in the last few years.

German, Italian and English are the most common foreign languages spoken in the tourist resorts.

Location: Latitude: Umag in the North 45n25 (Milan) and Dubrovnik/Cavtat in the South 42n38 (Rome/Barcelona)