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LAND SURFACE AREA: 56 691 km 2
THE SEA SURFACE AREA: 31 067 km 2
POPULATION: 4 800 000 (1991. census)
CAPITAL: Zagreb
COASTAL LENGTH: 5 835 km
THE NUMBER OF ISLANDS, ISLETS AND ROCKS: 1 180
THE NUMBER OF INHABITED ISLANDS: 66
THE LARGEST ISLANDS: Krk i Cres
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Croatian
THE ALPHABET: Roman
THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT: multi-party parliamentary republic
CURRENCY: the kuna (kn); 1 kn equals 100 lipas
THE COUNTRY CODE FOR CROATIA: 385
THE CLIMATE is continental in northern Croatia. In central Croatia it is semi-mountainous and mountainous, and along the Adriatic it is Mediterranean.
NATURE PARKS: the Velebit mountain range, mount Biokovo, Kopacki rit, the plain of Lonjsko polje, mount Medvednica, Telascica lake on the island of Dugi otok.
NATIONAL PARKS: the Brijuni archipelago, the Kornati archipelago, the Krka River, the island of Mljet, the Paklenica canyons and torrents, the Plitvice lakes, Risnjak (karst phenomena)
MAJOR HOSTORICAL AND CULTURAL MOUNUMENTS: the Arena in Pula, Diocletian's palace in Split (built by the Roman Emperor Diocletian and now under the protection of UNESCO), the theatre in Hvar (one of the oldest public theatres in Europe), the city of Trogir (the historical centre under the protection of UNESCO), the towns of Krk, Rab and Hvar, the Basilica of Euphrasius in Porec (under UNESCO's protection),
St Donat's church in Zadar, the cathedral of Sibenik, some 50 medieval castles in northern Croatia
