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Croatia (/kroʊˈeɪʃə/; Croatian: Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia, is a crescent-shaped country at the crossroads of Central Europe, Southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles) and has diverse, mostly continental and Mediterranean climates. Croatia's Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands. The country's population is 4.28 million, most of whom are Croats (90.4%), with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism (86,3%). A unitary state, Croatia is a republic governed under a parliamentary system. Croats arrived in the area of present-day Croatia during the early part of the 7th century AD. They organised the state into two duchies by the 9th century. Tomislav became the first king by 925, elevating Croatia to the status of a kingdom. Kingdom of Croatia retained its sovereignty for nearly two centuries, reaching its peak during the rule of Kings Peter Krešimir IV and Dmitar Zvonimir. Croatia entered a personal union with Hungary in 1102. In 1527, faced with Ottoman conquest, the Croatian Parliament elected Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg to the Croatian throne which resulted in joining the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1918, after World War I, Croatia was included in the unrecognised State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs which seceded from Austria-Hungary and merged into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. A Croatian fascist puppet state existed during World War II. After the war, Croatia became a founding member and a federal constituent of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On 25 June 1991 Croatia declared independence, which came into effect on 8 October of the same year. The Croatian War of Independence was fought successfully from 1991 to 1995. Following declaration of independence, Croatia became a member of the United Nations (1992), Council of Europe (1996), World Trade Organization (2000), NATO (2009), European Union (2013), as well as a number of many other international organizations. Selected article Dubrovnik (Italian: Ragusa, Croatian: Dubrovnik, ˈdǔ.bro̞ːʋ.nik) is a historic city on the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme south of Croatia, positioned at 42°39′N 18°04′E / 42.650°N 18.067°E. It is one of the most prominent tourist resorts, a seaport and the center of the Dubrovnik–Neretva county. Its population was 43,770 in 1991 and 49,728 in 2001. in 2001 the absolute majority of its citizens declared themselves as Croats with 88.39% (2001 census). Dubrovnik is nicknamed "Pearl of the Adria". The prosperity of the city of Dubrovnik has always been based on maritime trade. In the Middle Ages, as the Republic of Ragusa, it became the only eastern Adriatic city-state to rival Venice. Supported by its wealth and skilled diplomacy, the city achieved a remarkable level of development, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries. Ragusa was one of the centers of the development of the Croatian language and literature, home to many notable poets, playwrights, painters, mathematicians, physicists and other scholars. Selected picture The town's harbour provided a suitable location for a port, being geographically ideal and also protected by islands, making it a safe haven for boats hiding from hazardous winds. Did you know...
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Croatian saints and the beatified Selected biography Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim (October 16, 1801 - May 20, 1859) was Ban of Croatia, as well as a noted army general remembered for his largely successful military campaigns during the Revolutions of 1848. Josip Jelačić was born in the town of Petrovaradin, at the time part of the Slavonian Military Frontier, in the noble House of Jelačić to Croatian father Baron Franjo Jelačić and Austrian mother Anna Portner von Höflein. Jelačić gained his versatile education in Theresian Military Academy in Vienna. After graduation he entered army with the rank of lieutenant, and was eventually promoted to the Lieutenant Field Marshal. On October 17, 1835, Jelačić successfully led a military campaign against Bosnian Ottoman troops in Velika Kladuša. On March 23, 1848 Croatian parliament elected him to the position of the Ban of Croatia. His policy was unity of Croatian provinces and equality of people in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When Hungarian nationalist politicians refused to recognize Croats as a political people and continued to discriminate them, Jelačić, with a great support of Austria to do that "without any delay", decided to invade Hungary. In his campaign, that eventually ended with a truce, he managed to return occupied Međimurje to Croatia. In 1849, Jelačić and Prince Alfred I managed to suppress Wienies revolution, and later that year Hungarian revolution. Emperor Franz Joseph appointed Jelačić as a governor of Rijeka and Dalmatia, so Croatia was after a long time formally united. As Ban, Jelačić abolished serfdom, helped with the establish of the Archdiocese of Zagreb, unification of city of Zagreb as well as with opening of the Croatian National Theater, constantly encouraging economic, scientific and cultural activities. Categories ▼ Croatia Croatia listsWeb resourcesWikipedia in Croatian
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