2. 1. Basic facts
• Official name: Republic of Croatia
• Official language: croatian: 96,12%
• Official script: latin
• Monetery Union: Croatian Kuna (1€ = 7,50 kn)
• Capital City: Zagreb
• Political System: Parliamentary Democracy
• President: Ivo Josipović
• Political organisation: 20 counties
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4. Croatia is one of the most biodiverse countries in
Europe
- 8 National parks
• Kornati Islands
• Plitvice lakes
• Krka river
• Paklenica
• Mljet
• Risnjak
• Brijuni Islands
• Nothern Velebit
6. Old Croatian letter (Glagoljica) Tie was
invented in Croatia
Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, Croatia!
7. DID YOU KNOW?
• that Dalmatian dogs (seen in the movie 101 Dalmatians) got their
name after Dalmatia a south coastal region in Croatia?
• that the smallest town in the world according to Guiness World
records is Hum in the central part of Istria? It has only 23
inhabitants.
• that Croatia is the homeland of the famous merchant traveler
Marco Polo?
• that the most preserved Roman amphitheater is located
in Pula which is the only one in the world with all 3 rows
completely preserved?
8. Non material cultural heritage
• Sinjska alka
- first Sunday in the August in town of Sinj, since 1715.
- 2010. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List
12. CROATIA
CROATIA is
• a small country but it is divided into
several beautiful regions:
Slavonia, Istria, Kvarner, Gorski
Kotar, Lika, Dalmatia, Croatian
Zagorje