Canada
Croatia Travel and Destination Guide
BACKGROUND INFO
Full Name
Republic of Croatia
Capital City
Zagreb
Area
56,542 sq km
Population
4,500,000
Time Zone
GMT/UTC +1
Weights Measures System
Metric
Languages
• Croatian (official)
A southern variant within the Slavonic language family
• Serbian (other)
• Italian (other)
• Slovenian (other)
• Hungarian (other)
Religion
Roman Catholic (88%), Eastern Orthodox (4.4%), Islam (1.3%)
Government Type
Presidential/parliamentary Democracy
Government Leaders
Stipe Mesic
President (head of state)
Ivo Sanader
Prime Minister (head of government)
Country Dialing Code
385
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