Central Croatia

In contemporary geography, the terms Central Croatia and Mountainous Croatia are used to describe most of the area sometimes historically known as Croatia Proper, one of the four historical regions of the , together with , , and .
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is a city in Central Croatia and the capital of . The city has a charming medieval 'old city' with architecture and cobbled streets reminiscent of , , and other capitals.

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is a city in the northwest Croatia, 45 km southwest of with a population of approximately 60,000.

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is one of the most important tourist centers of northern . The old town fortification, the central part of the town, numerous museums, galleries, collections, and the cemetery, protected as a horticultural monument, represent the main tourist attractions of this Central European Baroque town and ancient Croatian capital.

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is a very important industrial and cultural city in . It's on three rivers: the Sava, Kupa and Odra. The Kupa flows through the old town. has about 50,000 inhabitants, with a metropolitan area of about 80,000.

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is one of the youngest cities in , officially founded in 1756. Located in central Croatia approximately 80 km east of , this planned Baroque city serves as the administrative center of Bjelovar-Bilogora County.

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is a town in northern and the administrative centre of with a population of 4,201 and a total municipality population of 11,530.

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is 25 km west of , . The town had a population of 37,633, as of the 2011 census.

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is in Zagreb county, , 43.37 km northeast of . The town has a population of about 16,000, as of the 2011 census.

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is a city in the northwest region of Croatia, 45 km northwest of , well known as one of the most popular thermal spas in this part of Europe.

Central Croatia

Latitude of center
45.75° or 45° 45′ north
Longitude of center
16.2667° or 16° 16′ 0″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q190665
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Central Croatia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كرواتيا التاريخية”
  • Aragonese: “Croacia Central”
  • Basque: “Kroazia erdialdea”
  • Bengali: “মধ্য ক্রোয়েশিয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Središnja Hrvatska”
  • Bulgarian: “Централна Хърватия”
  • Chinese: “中克罗地亚”
  • Chinese: “克羅埃西亞本部”
  • Croatian: “Središnja Hrvatska”
  • Czech: “Střední Chorvatsko”
  • Danish: “Centralkroatien”
  • Dutch: “Centraal-Kroatië”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Kroatio”
  • French: “Croatie centrale”
  • Georgian: “ნამდვილი ხორვატია”
  • German: “Alt-Kroatien”
  • German: “Hoch-Kroatien”
  • German: “Mittelkroatien”
  • German: “Zentralkroatien”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז קרואטיה”
  • Indonesian: “Kroasia Tengah”
  • Italian: “Croazia centrale”
  • Italian: “Croazia Centrale”
  • Japanese: “中央クロアチア”
  • Kazakh: “Орталық Хорватия”
  • Korean: “중앙크로아티아”
  • Lombard: “Croazzia Central”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det sentrale Kroatia”
  • Norwegian: “Det sentrale Kroatia”
  • Russian: “Центральная Хорватия”
  • Serbian: “Средишња Хрватска”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Centralna Hrvatska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Središnja Hrvatska”
  • Spanish: “Croacia central”
  • Swedish: “Centrala Kroatien”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна Хорватія”
  • Venetian: “Croàsia Sentrałe”

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