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Croatia

Croatia is a Mediterranean country in Southeastern , and is a part of the . Much of the tourist industry is concentrated along the coast. Nautical tourism is supported by marinas, while cultural tourism relies on the appeal of medieval coastal cities and cultural events taking place during the summer.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Zagreb and Dubrovnik.

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is a city in and the capital of Croatia. The city has a charming medieval 'old city' with architecture and cobbled streets reminiscent of , , and other capitals.

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is historic walled city on the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme south of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations of the Mediterranean, a seaport and the centre of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County.

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is a city in Central , Croatia, and the seat of the county. The city was built around the Diocletian palace where the locals sought refuge centuries ago.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Dalmatia and Kvarner.

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is the southern coastal region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. It's by far the most popular tourist area in the country, with many seasonal flights, package hotels and visits by cruise ships.

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and Highlands is a region of Croatia including the seashore and highlands north of and connects with the rest of Croatia.

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In contemporary geography, the terms and Mountainous Croatia are used to describe most of the area sometimes historically known as Croatia or Croatia proper, one of the four historical regions of the Republic of Croatia, together with , , and .

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is the north-westernmost region of Croatia. In a triangular shape, it is bordered in the north by , east by the region of Croatia and on the south and west by the Adriatic Sea.

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is the northeastern region of Croatia, bordering , , and .

Croatia

Latitude of center
45.321° or 45° 19′ 16″ north
Longitude of center
15.535° or 15° 32′ 6″ east
Population
3,870,000
Area
56,542 km² (21,831 miles²)
Elevation
321 metres (1,053 feet)
Capital
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Phone code
.hr
Internet domain
385
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
3202326
Wiki­data ID
Q224
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Croatia” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Хорватиа”
  • Achinese: “Kroasia”
  • Adyghe: “Хорватие”
  • Afrikaans: “HR”
  • Afrikaans: “Kroasië”
  • Akan: “Krowehyia”
  • Albanian: “Kroaci”
  • Albanian: “Kroacia”
  • Amharic: “ክሮኤሽያ”
  • Amis: “Croatia”
  • Angika: “क्रोएशिया”
  • Arabic: “كرواتيا”
  • Aragonese: “Croacia”
  • Armenian: “Խորվաթիա”
  • Arpitan: “Croacia”
  • Arpitan: “Croacie”
  • Assamese: “ক্ৰোৱেছিয়া”
  • Asturian: “Croacia”
  • Asturian: “hr”
  • Asturian: “HRV”
  • Asturian: “República de Croacia”
  • Atayal: “Croatia”
  • Avaric: “Хорватия”
  • Awadhi: “क्रोएशिया”
  • Aymara: “Kruwatiya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xorvatiya”
  • Balinese: “Kroasia”
  • Bambara: “Kroasi”
  • Bashkir: “Хорватия”
  • Basque: “Kroazia”
  • Bavarian: “Krowozien”
  • Belarusian: “Харватыя”
  • Bengali: “ক্রোয়েশিয়া”
  • Betawi: “Kroasi”
  • Bhojpuri: “क्रोएशिया रिपब्लिक”
  • Bhojpuri: “क्रोएशिया”
  • Bhojpuri: “क्रोशिया”
  • Bishnupriya: “ক্রোয়েশিয়া”
  • Bislama: “Croatia”
  • Bislama: “Kroasia”
  • Bosnian: “Hrvatska”
  • Bosnian: “Republika Hrvatska”
  • Breton: “Kroatia”
  • Bulgarian: “Република Хърватия”
  • Bulgarian: “Хърватия”
  • Bulgarian: “Хърватска”
  • Burmese: “ခရိုအေးရှား”
  • Burmese: “ခရိုအေးရှားနိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “Croàcia”
  • Catalan: “Cròacia”
  • Cebuano: “Krowasya”
  • Cebuano: “Krowatiya”
  • Central Bikol: “Kroasya”
  • Central Kanuri: “Croatia”
  • Central Kurdish: “کرواتیا”
  • Central Kurdish: “کرۆواتیا”
  • Chamorro: “Croacia”
  • Chavacano: “Croacia”
  • Chechen: “Хорвати”
  • Cherokee: “ᎧᎶᎡᏏᎠ”
  • Cheyenne: “Croatia”
  • Chinese: “Croatia”
  • Chinese: “Kèluódìyà”
  • Chinese: “克罗地亚”
  • Chinese: “克羅地亞”
  • Chinese: “克羅埃西亞”
  • Church Slavic: “Хръватьска”
  • Chuvash: “Хăрвати”
  • Chuvash: “Хорвати”
  • Cornish: “Kroati”
  • Corsican: “Croazia”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Hırvatistan”
  • Croatian: “Hrvatska”
  • Croatian: “Republika Hrvatska”
  • Croatian: “RH”
  • Czech: “Chorvatsko”
  • Dagbani: “Croatia”
  • Danish: “KRO”
  • Danish: “Kroatien”
  • Danish: “Republikken Kroatien”
  • Dhivehi: “ކުރޮއޭޝިއާ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Xırvatıstan”
  • Dotyali: “क्रोएसिया”
  • Dutch: “HR”
  • Dutch: “HRV”
  • Dutch: “Kroatie”
  • Dutch: “Kroatië”
  • Dutch: “Republiek Kroatië”
  • Dzongkha: “ཀྲོ་ཨེ་ཤ”
  • Dzongkha: “ཀུརོ་ཤི་ཡ”
  • Eastern Mari: “Хорватий”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كرواتيا”
  • Erzya: “Хорватия Мастор”
  • Esperanto: “HR”
  • Esperanto: “HRV”
  • Esperanto: “Kroatio”
  • Esperanto: “Kroatujo”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko Kroatio”
  • Estonian: “Horvaatia”
  • Ewe: “Croatia”
  • Ewe: “Kroatsia nutome”
  • Extremaduran: “Croacia”
  • Extremaduran: “Croácia”
  • Faroese: “Kroatia”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Croatia”
  • Fijian: “Croatia”
  • Finnish: “Kroatia”
  • Finnish: “Kroatian tasavalta”
  • French: “Croatie”
  • French: “HR”
  • French: “la République de Croatie”
  • Friulian: “Cravuazie”
  • Fulah: “Korowaasiya”
  • Fulah: “Korwasii”
  • Gagauz: “Horvatiya”
  • Gagauz: “Kroațiya”
  • Galician: “Croacia”
  • Gan Chinese: “克罗地亚”
  • Gan Chinese: “克羅地亞”
  • Ganda: “Croatia”
  • Ganda: “Kurowesya”
  • Georgian: “ხორვატია”
  • Georgian: “ხორვატიის რესპუბლიკა”
  • German: “HR”
  • German: “HRV”
  • German: “Kroatien”
  • German: “Republik Kroatien”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Croatia”
  • Gilaki: “کرؤواسي”
  • Goan Konkani: “Croatia”
  • Goan Konkani: “क्रोएशिया”
  • Gothic: “𐌺𐍂𐌿𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍃𐌾𐌰”
  • Greek: “Κροατία”
  • Guarani: “Koroásia”
  • Guarani: “Kyoasia”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Kroasi”
  • Gujarati: “ક્રોએશિયા”
  • Haitian: “Kroasi”
  • Haitian: “Kwowasi”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Croatia”
  • Hausa: “Kroatiya”
  • Hausa: “Kurowaishiya”
  • Hawaiian: “Koloatia”
  • Hebrew: “קרואטיה”
  • Hindi: “क्रोएशिया”
  • Hindi: “क्रोशिया”
  • Hungarian: “Horvát Köztársaság”
  • Hungarian: “Horvátország”
  • Icelandic: “Króatía”
  • Ido: “Kroatia”
  • Igbo: “Croatia”
  • Igbo: “Kroatia”
  • Iloko: “Croasia”
  • Iloko: “Kroasia”
  • Inari Sami: “Kroatia täsiväldi”
  • Inari Sami: “Kroatia”
  • Indonesian: “Kroasia”
  • Interlingua: “Croatia”
  • Interlingue: “Croatia”
  • Inupiaq: “Huvasiiq”
  • Irish: “an Chróit”
  • Irish: “An Chróit”
  • Italian: “Croazia”
  • Italian: “Repubblica di Croazia”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Kruoyesha”
  • Japanese: “クロアチア”
  • Japanese: “クロアチア共和国”
  • Javanese: “Kroasia”
  • Kabardian: “Хоруатиэ”
  • Kabiyè: “Krowasii”
  • Kabyle: “Kruwatya”
  • Kalaallisut: “Kroatia”
  • Kalmyk: “Хорватин Орн”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ರೊಯೆಶಿಯ”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ರೊಯೇಷಿಯಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Xorvatiya”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Хорватия”
  • Kashmiri: “کروشِیا”
  • Kashubian: “Chòrwackô”
  • Kazakh: “Хорватия”
  • Khmer: “ក្រូអាស៊ី”
  • Kikuyu: “Korasia”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Korowatiya”
  • Kirghiz: “Хорватия”
  • Komering: “Kroasia”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Хӧрватска”
  • Komi: “Хорватия”
  • Kongo: “Kroatia”
  • Korean: “크로아티아 공화국”
  • Korean: “크로아티아”
  • Korean: “흐르바쯔까”
  • Kotava: “Xrvatska”
  • Kurdish: “Kroatya”
  • Kurdish: “Xirwatistan”
  • Kurdish: “کرۆواتیا”
  • Ladin: “Croazia”
  • Ladino: “Kroasia”
  • Lao: “ໂຄຣເອເທຍ”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດກຣົວຊີ”
  • Latgalian: “Horvateja”
  • Latin: “Croatia”
  • Latvian: “Horvātija”
  • Lezghian: “Хорватия”
  • Ligurian: “Croaçia”
  • Ligurian: “Croàçia”
  • Limburgan: “Kroatië”
  • Lingala: “Kroasia”
  • Lingala: “Krowasi”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Corvatsca”
  • Literary Chinese: “克羅地亞”
  • Literary Chinese: “克羅埃西亞”
  • Lithuanian: “Kroatija”
  • Liv: “Horvātij”
  • Livvi: “Horvatii”
  • Lojban: “xrvatskas”
  • Lombard: “Cruazia”
  • Low German: “Kroasië”
  • Low German: “Kroatien”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Chorwatska”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Krowasi”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kroatien”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Croatia”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Croația”
  • Macedonian: “Хрватска”
  • Madurese: “Kroasia”
  • Maithili: “क्रोएसिया”
  • Maithili: “क्रोशिया”
  • Malagasy: “Kroasia”
  • Malagasy: “Krôasia”
  • Malay: “Croatia”
  • Malayalam: “ക്രൊയേഷ്യ”
  • Maltese: “il-Kroazja”
  • Maltese: “Kroazja”
  • Maltese: “Repubblika tal-Kroazja”
  • Manipuri: “ꯀ꯭ꯔꯣꯁꯤꯌꯥ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯀ꯭ꯔꯣꯑꯦꯁꯤꯌꯥ”
  • Manx: “Yn Chroit”
  • Maori: “Koroātia”
  • Marathi: “क्रोएशिया”
  • Mazanderani: “کرواسی”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Croatia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Croatia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hrvatska”
  • Minangkabau: “Kroasia”
  • Mingrelian: “ხორვატია”
  • Mirandese: “Croácia”
  • Moksha: “Республикась Хорватия”
  • Moksha: “Хорватия мастор”
  • Moksha: “Хорватия”
  • Mongolian: “Хорват”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كرواتيا”
  • Narom: “Croatie”
  • Nauru: “Kroaitsiya”
  • Navajo: “Daalchííʼ Dadikʼą́ąhnii Bikéyah”
  • Neapolitan: “Croazia”
  • Nepali: “क्रोएशिया”
  • Nepali: “क्रोएसिया”
  • Newari: “क्रोएसिया”
  • North Ndebele: “Croatia”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kroaatien”
  • Northern Luri: “کرواسی”
  • Northern Sami: “Kroatia dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Kroatia”
  • Northern Sami: “Kroátia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kroatia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Republikken Kroatia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kroatia”
  • Norwegian: “Kroatia”
  • Novial: “Kroatia”
  • Obolo: “Kuresha”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Croàcia”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܩܪܘܐܛܝܐ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Croatland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Horigtaland”
  • Oriya: “କ୍ରୋଏସିଆ”
  • Oromo: “Kirooshiyaa”
  • Ossetian: “Хорвати”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ခရိုအေးသျားခမ်းထီ”
  • Pali: “क्रोएशिया”
  • Pampanga: “Croasya”
  • Pampanga: “Croatia”
  • Pampanga: “Kroasia”
  • Pampanga: “Kroasya”
  • Pangasinan: “Kroasiya”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਰੋਏਸ਼ੀਆ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕ੍ਰੋਏਸ਼ੀਆ”
  • Papiamento: “Kroasia”
  • Papiamento: “Kroatia”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Kroaati”
  • Persian: “کرواتی”
  • Persian: “کرواتیا”
  • Persian: “کرواسی”
  • Picard: “Croachie”
  • Piemontese: “Croassia”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Kroaysha”
  • Polish: “Chorwacja”
  • Polish: “Hrvatska”
  • Polish: “Republika Chorwacji”
  • Pontic: “Κροατία”
  • Portuguese: “Croácia”
  • Portuguese: “República da Croácia”
  • Pushto: “کرواسيا”
  • Pushto: “کرواشيا”
  • Pushto: “کروواسيا”
  • Quechua: “Croacia”
  • Quechua: “Hurwatsuyu”
  • Romanian: “Croația”
  • Romansh: “Croazia”
  • Rundi: “Croacia”
  • Rundi: “Korowasiya”
  • Russia Buriat: “Хорват”
  • Russia Buriat: “Хорвати”
  • Russian: “Республика Хорватия”
  • Russian: “Хорватия”
  • Rusyn: “Хорватія”
  • Sakizaya: “Croatia”
  • Samoan: “Croatia”
  • Samoan: “Koroasia”
  • Samogitian: “Kruoatėjė”
  • Sango: “Kroasïi”
  • Sanskrit: “क्रोएशिया”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱨᱳᱭᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ”
  • Sardinian: “Croatzia”
  • Sardinian: “Croàtzia”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Kroatien”
  • Scots: “Croatie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A‘ Chròthais”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A’ Chròthais”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Croàisia”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Poblachd na Cròthaise”
  • Serbian: “Hrvatska”
  • Serbian: “Republika Hrvatska”
  • Serbian: “Република Хрватска”
  • Serbian: “Хрватска”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hrvatska”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းၶရူဝ်ႇဢေးသျႃး”
  • Shona: “Croatia”
  • Shona: “Korasia”
  • Shona: “Kurohesha”
  • Sicilian: “Croazzia”
  • Silesian: “Chorwacyjo”
  • Sindhi: “ڪروئيشيا”
  • Sindhi: “ڪروشيا”
  • Sinhala: “ක්‍රොඒෂියා”
  • Sinhala: “ක්‍රොඒෂියාව”
  • Skolt Sami: “Kroatia tääʹssväʹldd”
  • Skolt Sami: “Kroatia”
  • Slovak: “Chorvátska republika”
  • Slovak: “Chorvátsko”
  • Slovenian: “Hrvaška”
  • Slovenian: “Republika Hrvaška”
  • Somali: “Korweeshiya”
  • Somali: “Kroatia”
  • Somali: “Kuruweshiya”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کروواسی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کوروواسی”
  • Southern Sotho: “Kroatia”
  • Spanish: “Croacia”
  • Spanish: “Republica de Croacia”
  • Spanish: “República de Croacia”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Krvatkondre”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴽⵔⵡⴰⵜⵢⴰ”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴽⵕⵡⴰⵜⵢⴰ”
  • Sundanese: “Kroasia”
  • Swahili: “Croatia”
  • Swahili: “Kroatia”
  • Swati: “IKhuroshiya”
  • Swedish: “Kroatien”
  • Swedish: “Republiken Kroatien”
  • Swiss German: “Kroatie”
  • Sylheti: “ꠇꠥꠞꠦꠡꠤꠀ”
  • Tagalog: “Croatia”
  • Tagalog: “Kroasya”
  • Tahitian: “Toroātia”
  • Tajik: “Хорватия”
  • Talysh: “Xorvatijə”
  • Talysh: “Xorvatiyə”
  • Tamil: “குரோவாசியா”
  • Tamil: “குரோஷியா”
  • Taroko: “Croatia”
  • Tatar: “Хорватия”
  • Telugu: “క్రొయేషియా”
  • Telugu: “క్రోయేషియా”
  • Tetum: “Kroásia”
  • Thai: “โครเอเชีย”
  • Thai: “ประเทศโครเอเชีย”
  • Tibetan: “ཀུརོ་ཤི་ཡ།”
  • Tibetan: “ཁུརོ་ཤི་ཡ།”
  • Tigrinya: “ክሮኤሽያ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Krowesia”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Kuloisia”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kroatien”
  • Tsonga: “Croatia”
  • Tumbuka: “Croatia”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “كرواتيا”
  • Turkish: “Hırvatistan”
  • Turkmen: “Horwatiýa”
  • Twi: “Croatia”
  • Twi: “Krowehyia”
  • Tyap: “Ki̱rowesiya”
  • Udmurt: “Хорватия”
  • Uighur: “كرودىيە”
  • Uighur: “كىرودىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Хорватія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Chorwatska”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Republika Chorwatska”
  • Urdu: “کروئیشا”
  • Urdu: “کروشیا”
  • Uzbek: “Xorvatiya”
  • Venetian: “Croàsia”
  • Veps: “Horvatanma”
  • Veps: “Horvatanman Tazovaldkund”
  • Veps: “Horvatii”
  • Veps: “Horvatijan Tazovaldkund”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hòa Croatia”
  • Vietnamese: “Crô-a-ti-a (Croatia)”
  • Vietnamese: “Crô-a-ti-a”
  • Vietnamese: “Croatia”
  • Vlaams: “Kroatië”
  • Vlax Romani: “Kroatiya”
  • Volapük: “Kroasän”
  • Võro: “Horvaatia”
  • Walloon: “Crowaceye”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Croacia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kroasya”
  • Welsh: “Croatia”
  • Western Armenian: “Խրուաթիա”
  • Western Frisian: “Kroaasje”
  • Western Frisian: “Kroatië”
  • Western Panjabi: “کروشیا”
  • Wolof: “Korowasi”
  • Wolof: “Korwaasi”
  • Wu Chinese: “克罗地亚”
  • Yakut: “Хорватия”
  • Yiddish: “קראאטיע”
  • Yiddish: “קראאַטיע”
  • Yoruba: “Kòróátíà”
  • Yoruba: “Kroatíà”
  • Yoruba: “Orile-ede Kroatíà”
  • Yue Chinese: “克羅地亞”
  • Zeeuws: “Kroaotië”
  • Zhuang: “Croatia”
  • Zhuang: “Gwzlozdiya”
  • Zulu: “i-Croatia”
  • Zulu: “IKrowati”
  • “CRO”
  • “Croacia”
  • “Croazie”
  • “Cruàsia”
  • “Cruatsii”
  • “Horvaatia”
  • “HR”
  • “HRV”
  • “Kroasia”
  • “Kroatėjė”
  • “ma Lowasi”
  • “Горватска”
  • “Кроация”
  • “क्रोएशिया”

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