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General Information
Area 56,542 sq km (21,831 sq miles). Population 4,437,460 (official estimate 2004). Population Density 78.4 per sq km. Capital Zagreb. Population: 779,145 (official estimate 2004). Geography Croatia stretches along the Adriatic coast (narrowing north–south; the major ports being Rijeka, Pula, Zadar, Sibenik, Split and Dubrovnik) with a larger inland area (running west–east from Zagreb to the border with Serbia & Montenegro). The northern two-thirds of this border are formed by the River Danube. The country borders Slovenia and Hungary to the north, Serbia & Montenegro to the east and Bosnia & Herzegovina (southeast from Zagreb; northeast from the Adriatic coastline). Government Republic. Independence from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia proclaimed in 1991. Head of State: President Stjepan Mesic since 2000. Head of Government: Prime Minister Ivo Sanader since 2003. Language Croatian, written in the Latin alphabet (although the cyrillic script is still in use in parts). Religion Roman Catholic Croats (76.5 per cent of the total population) and Eastern Orthodox Serbs (11 per cent), as well as small communities of Protestants, Jews and Muslims. Time GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Saturday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in October). Electricity 220 volts AC, 50Hz. Communications Telephone IDD is available. Country code: 385. Outgoing international code: 00. Telephone booths are operated by phonecards available at post offices, news stands and in some tourist shops. Mobile telephone GSM 900 network covers the whole country. Network operators include HT Mobile Communications LLC (CRONET) (website: www.ht.hr) and VIPnet d.o.o. (website: www.vipnet.hr). Both have roaming partners worldwide. Fax Services are widely available. Post Post offices are open Mon-Fri 0700-1900 and Sat 0700-1300. Some may be open until 2200 in larger cities. Stamps are available in post offices and from news stands. Internet The main ISP is Hrvatske Telekomunikacije (website: www.tel.hr). Internet cafes can be found in Zagreb and other main towns. Press There are no English-language newspapers at present. The main local newspapers are Novi List (Rijeka), Slobodna Dalmacija (Split) and Vecernji List (Zagreb). Radio BBC World Service (website: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice) and Voice of America (website: www.voa.gov) can be received. From time to time the frequencies change and the most up-to-date can be found online. |
