My Country Croatia

Population Of Croatia: 4,440,690

Official Languages: Croatian

Currency: Kuna(HRK)

Counties
Anglicized name
Native name
1) Zagreb
Zagrebačka
2) Krapina-Zagorje
Krapinsko-zagorska
3) Sisak-Moslavina
Sisačko-moslavačka
4) Karlovac
Karlovačka
5) Varaždin
Varaždinska
6) Koprivnica-Križevci
Koprivničko-križevačka
7) Bjelovar-Bilogora
Bjelovarsko-bilogorska
8) Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Primorsko-goranska
9) Lika-Senj
Ličko-senjska
10) Virovitica-Podravina
Virovitičko-podravska
11) Požega-Slavonia
Požeško-slavonska
12) Brod-Posavina
Brodsko-posavska
13) Zadar
Zadarska
14) Osijek-Baranja
Osječko-baranjska
15) Šibenik-Knin
Šibensko-kninska
16) Vukovar-Srijem
Vukovarsko-srijemska
17) Split-Dalmatia
Splitsko-dalmatinska
18) Istria
Istarska
19) Dubrovnik-Neretva
Dubrovačko-neretvanska
20) Međimurje
Međimurska
21) City of Zagreb
Grad Zagreb


HDI as of 2007/2008
HDI value: 0.850
HDI rank: 47
GDP per capita: US$13,042
Life expectancy at birth: 75.3
Adult literacy rate: 98.1%
Infant mortality rate(deaths/1,000 live births): 6.4
Under-five mortality rate(deaths/1,000 live births): 7.7
Employment structure: Agriculture 6%, industry 27% and service sector 67%
Unemployment rate: 9.1%

History

• The Croats settled in the Mediterranean in the early 7th century and formed two principalities: Dalmatia and Pannonia.
• Dalmatia was definitively subdued by Augustus (35 BC-33 BC) and was incorporated with part of Illyria as a Roman province.
• The coastal islands and most of Dalmatia, except Dubrovnik, were under Venetian control by 1420.
• In 1991 Croatia declared independence.
  

Economic

• The Croatian economy has a stable functioning market economy.
• The industrial sector is dominated by shipbuilding, food processing and the chemical industry.
• Tourism is a notable source of income during the summer.
• Croatia is ranked as the 18th most popular tourist destination in the world.
• In 2006 Croatia exported goods in value of USD 10.4 billion (FOB) (19.7 billion including service exports).
• Backlogged judiciary system, combined with inefficient public administration, especially issues of land ownership and corruption.
• Large and growing national debt which has reached over 35 billion dollars.
• In the first quarter of 2007, Croatian economy rose by 7.1%, in second quarter 6.6%, in the third quarter 5.1%.
• Annual growth rate which was expected to be around 4.7% has now been revised to around 6%.
• Croatian economy is entering a period of faster and stronger economic prosperity.
  

Political

• Croatia has been a democratic republic.
• Between 1990 and 2000 it had a semi-presidential system, and since 2000 it has a parliamentary system.
• Croatia has a three-tiered judicial system, consisting of the Supreme Court, county courts, and municipal courts.
• The Constitutional Court rules on matters regarding the Constitution.
  

Culture

• Croatian culture is the result of a thirteen century-long history.
• The country includes six World Heritage sites and eight national parks.
• Croatia is also the birthplace of a number of historical figures included among the notable people are three Nobel prize winners, and numerous inventors.
• Some of the world's first fountain pens came from Croatia.
• The country has a long artistic, literary and musical tradition.
• It has a diverse nature of Croatian cuisine.
  

Physical

• Croatia is located in South-Central Europe.
• Its shape resembles that of a crescent or a horseshoe.
• Its mainland territory is split in two non-contiguous parts by the short coastline of Bosnia and Herzegovina around Neum.
• Its terrain is diverse.
• It includes plains, lakes and rolling hills in the continental north and northeast (Central Croatia and Slavonia, part of the Pannonian Basin).
• It also includes densely wooded mountains in Lika and Gorski Kotar, part of the Dinaric Alps.
• There are also rocky coastlines on the Adriatic Sea (Istria, Northern Seacoast and Dalmatia).
• The country is famous for its many national parks.
• Croatia has a mixture of climates.
• In the north and east it is continental, Mediterranean along the coast and a semi-highland and highland climate in the south-central region.
• Offshore Croatia consists of over one thousand islands varying in size.

Done By: Shawn Ng (22)
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