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| Land Area: 56,538 sq. km Capital: Zagreb Population: 4,496,869 Official language: Croatian Country telephone code: +385. Electricity: Voltage of city power grid 220V, frequency 50HZ Currency: Kuna Time zone: GMT/UTC +0100 Croatia has 1 777 km of mainland Adriatic shoreline and no fewer than 1 185 islands, islets, and reefs. Croatia is an Adriatic and a central European country. It stretches in the form of an arc from the Danube in the northeast to Istria in the west and Boka Kotorska in the southeast. Its area is 56 538 sq. km., and the area of the costal seat is about 31, 900 sq. km. Geographically, it is situated on the cross-roads between central Europe and the Mediterranean. Croatia is situated close to densely populated and industrially developed European countries. Many internationally important transport routes cross Croatia. The importance of the geographical position of the Republic of Croatia is also enhanced by the Adriatic Sea, the northernmost gulf of the Mediterranean which is the closest to the central part of the European continent. The most important routes are centered along the Sava river, the Adriatic and the Drava river; there are also several important transversal routes from the Austrian and Hungarian border to the Adriatic cost to Rijeka and Split. |