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The Republic of Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. Its capital is Zagreb. In recent history, it was a republic in the SFR Yugoslavia, but it achieved independence in 1991. It is a candidate for membership of the European Union.

Croatia is the Latinized version of the native name of the country: Hrvatska. The letter "r" in the first syllable "hrv" is rolled or continuant, which is a linguistic trait strange to languages such as English, making the word seemingly impossible to pronounce by some of those speakers.

The country code for Croatia is HR (per ISO 3166), so Croatian Internet domains end with .hr.

Croatia is divided into 20 counties (Croatian: županija) and the city district of the capital, Zagreb:

  • Zagreb county (Zagrebacka županija)
  • Krapina-Zagorje county (Krapinsko-zagorska županija)
  • Sisak-Moslavina county (Sisacko-moslavacka županija)
  • Karlovac county (Karlovacka županija)
  • Varaždin county (Varaždinska županija)
  • Koprivnica-Križevci county (Koprivnicko-križevacka županija)
  • Bjelovar-Bilogora county (Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija)
  • Primorje-Gorski Kotar county (Primorsko-goranska županija)
  • Lika-Senj county (Licko-senjska županija)
    Virovitica-Podravina county (Viroviticko-podravska
  • županija)
  • Požega-Slavonia county (Požeško-slavonska županija)
  • Brod-Posavina county (Brodsko-posavska županija)
  • Zadar county (Zadarska županija)
  • Osijek-Baranja county (Osjecko-baranjska županija)
  • Šibenik-Knin county (Šibensko-kninska županija)
  • Vukovar-Srijem county (Vukovarsko-srijemska županija)
  • Split-Dalmatia county (Splitsko-dalmatinska županija)
  • Istria county (Istarska županija)
  • Dubrovnik-Neretva county (Dubrovacko-neretvanska županija)
  • Medimurje county (Medimurska županija)
  • Zagreb (Grad Zagreb
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