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    Introduction


    The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent Communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998.


    Location


    Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia


    Geographic coordinates


    45 10 N, 15 30 E


    Area


    total: 56,542 sq km water: 128 sq km land: 56,414 sq km


    Area - comparative


    slightly smaller than West Virginia


    Land boundaries


    total: 2,197 km border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia and Montenegro (north) 241 km, Serbia and Montenegro (south) 25 km, Slovenia 670 km


    Coastline


    5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km)


    Maritime claims


    territorial sea: 12 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation


    Climate


    Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast


    Terrain


    geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m highest point: Dinara 1,830 m


    Natural resources


    oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower


    Land use


    arable land: 23.55% permanent crops: 2.24% other: 74.21% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    30 sq km (1998 est.)


    Natural hazards


    destructive earthquakes


    Environment - current issues


    air pollution (from metallurgical plants) and resulting acid rain is damaging the forests; coastal pollution from industrial and domestic waste; landmine removal and reconstruction of infrastructure consequent to 1992-95 civil strife


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol


    Geography - note


    controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits


    Population


    4,496,869 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Zagreb


    Phone Code


    +385


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