Croatia (Hrvatska), the full name of the Republic of Croatia, is a republic in southeastern Europe, which adopts parliamentary system and is located at the junction of the Mediterranean Sea and pannonian plain in the Balkans. The capital and largest city is Zagreb, which is divided into 20 counties and Zagreb. Croatia has a territory of 56,594 square kilometers and a diverse climate, mainly continental and Mediterranean. Croatia has more than 1000 islands along the Adriatic Sea. Croatia has a population of about 4.28 million, most of whom are Croats, and the main religious belief is Catholicism. Croatia has been a member of the European Union since July 20 13. Croatia declared its independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 199 1.
1. Country profile
Country name
From the country name, Slavic means "people on the mountain".
national flag
Croatia's national flag is rectangular with an aspect ratio of 2: 1. The flag surface consists of three parallel and equal horizontal rectangles, which are red, white and blue from top to bottom. There is a national emblem in the middle of the national flag. Croatia declared its independence from the former Yugoslavia on June 25th, 199 1, and the new national flag was put into use on February 22nd, 1990.
2. Physical geography
Croatia covers an area of 56,594 square kilometers. Croatia is located on the southeast edge of Central Europe, northwest of Balkan Peninsula and east of Adriatic Sea. Across the Adriatic Sea, Italy is bordered by Slovenia and Hungary in the north and Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the east and south. Southwest is Dinara Mountain, with karst landform. The coast is Dalmatian coast, and the northern part is Slavonia hills and the coastal plain of sava river. The coastal climate is Mediterranean, and the inland climate gradually transits to the temperate continental climate. Agriculture is concentrated in the plain areas along the coast of sava river, and agricultural products include sugar beet, corn, wheat, tobacco and grapes. Subtropical fruits such as olives, lemons and oranges are produced along the coast. Animal husbandry is developed in mountainous and hilly areas. There are coal, oil, natural gas, bauxite and other mineral deposits. There are many islands in the country, with large and small islands 1 185, so Croatia is also called "the country of thousands of islands" by many people. Due to its special geographical location, Croatia has two different climate types. Coastal areas have a Mediterranean climate, while inland areas have a continental climate with four distinct seasons. Croatia is divided into three geographical regions: the northern and northeastern plains, the central mountainous areas, the Istra Peninsula and the coastal areas of Dalmatia.
3. Historical evolution
old town
At the end of the 6th century and the beginning of the 7th century, Slavs moved to the Balkans to settle down. At the end of the 8th century and the beginning of the 9th century, Croats established an early feudal state. The powerful kingdom of Croatia was founded in 10 century. 1 102 to 1527 belong to the kingdom ruled by Hungary. From 1527 to 19 18, it was ruled by the Habsburg dynasty until the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 19 18 12, Croatia and some southern Slavic peoples jointly established the kingdom of Serbia-Croatia-Slovenia, and 1929 changed its name to the kingdom of Yugoslavia. 194 1 year, German and Italian fascists invaded Yugoslavia and established an "independent Croatian state". 1945 After the victory of anti-fascism, Croatia merged with Yugoslavia. 1963 was renamed as the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Croatia became one of the six republics. 1990 In May, Croatia held its first multi-party general election after World War II, and the Croatian Democrats won power. In February of the same year, Croatia adopted a new constitution, stipulating that Croatia is a sovereign democratic country.
199 1 On June 25th, Croatia declared its independence, and on October 8th,1kloc-0 officially declared its secession from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This caused the armed resistance of Croatian Serb residents and established the Serbian Republic of Krajina. [3]
1In February 1992, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution and decided to send the United Nations Protection Force to the Croatian Serb community.
1On 22 May 1992, Croatia joined the United Nations.
On April 0, 2009, Croatia and Albania formally joined NATO.
Croatia joined the European Union on July 1 day, 1965, becoming its 28th member state.