Geographical position: Croatia extends from the Julian Alps in the north-west and the Pannonian Plain in the east, over the Dinara mountain range in its central region, to the Adriatic coast in the south. Area of Croatia is 56,542 km2, with additional 31,067 km2 of territorial waters.
Population: 4.5 million
Majority of the population are Croats. National minorities include Serbs, Moslems, Slovenes, Italians, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, and others.
Official language in Croatia is Croatian language and Latin alphabet.
Capital of Croatia is Zagreb with about 780 thousand inhabitants and is the administrative, cultural, academic and communication centre of the country.
Croatian coast has length of 5,835 km - including 4,058 km of island, islet and reef coastline. There is 1,185 islands in Croatia . The largest islands are Krk and Cres. There are 67 inhabited islands
