Portal:Croatia
Introduction
Croatia (/kroʊˈeɪʃə/ (listen), kroh-AY-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska, pronounced [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska, listen) is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy. Its capital, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with twenty counties. Croatia has an area of 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles) and a population of 4.28 million, most of whom are Roman Catholics.
Inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the Croats arrived in the area in the 6th century and organised the territory into two duchies by the 9th century. Croatia was first internationally recognized as an independent state on 7 June 879 during the reign of duke Branimir. Tomislav became the first king by 925, elevating Croatia to the status of a kingdom, which retained its sovereignty for nearly two centuries, reaching its peak during the rule of kings Petar 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 Austria to the Croatian throne. In October 1918, in the final days of World War I, the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, independent from Austria-Hungary, was proclaimed in Zagreb, and in December 1918 it was merged into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Selected general articles
Did you know...
- ... that Croatian theater director Saša Broz trademarked the name and signatures of her grandfather, Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito?
- ... that Croatia's first female general joined the army by mistake?
- ... that the Pragmatic Sanction of 1712, allowing a Habsburg princess to become Queen of Croatia, is evoked in the Constitution of Croatia as a demonstration of Croatian millennial statehood?
- ... that the first Croatian fictional film, Brcko in Zagreb, is now considered lost?
- ... that Croatian oceanographer Mira Zore-Armanda had difficulty gaining passage on research vessels because she was a woman?
- ... that biathlete Jakov Fak won a silver medal for Slovenia at the 2018 Winter Olympics, having previously won a bronze medal for Croatia in Vancouver?
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Featured articles
- 4th Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
- 7th Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
- 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)
- 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian)
- Byzantine Empire
- Diocletian
- Yugoslav destroyer Dubrovnik
- German–Yugoslav Partisan negotiations
- Gudovac massacre
- Hungarian occupation of Yugoslav territories
- Dobroslav Jevđević
- June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina
- SMS Körös
- Battle of Lissa (1811)
- Olm
- Yugoslav monitor Sava
- Yugoslav torpedo boat T1
- Yugoslav torpedo boat T3
- Battle of Vukovar
Featured lists
- Axis order of battle for the invasion of Yugoslavia
- Counties of Croatia
- Croatian Special Police order of battle in 1991–95
- List of Croatian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of World Heritage sites in Croatia
- List of inhabited islands of Croatia
- Yugoslav order of battle prior to the invasion of Yugoslavia
Good articles
- 1st Army Group (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
- 1st Croatian Guards Corps
- 1st Split Partisan Detachment
- 2nd Army Group (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
- 2nd Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
- 373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
- 392nd (Croatian) Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
- 1991 Croatian independence referendum
- 1991 protest in Split
- 2012 Croatian European Union membership referendum
- Action of 1 November 1944
- A1 (Croatia)
- A2 (Croatia)
- A3 (Croatia)
- A4 (Croatia)
- A5 (Croatia)
- A6 (Croatia)
- A7 (Croatia)
- A8 (Croatia)
- A9 (Croatia)
- Action of 29 November 1811
- Adriatic Sea
- Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia
- Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia
- HMS Aldenham (L22)
- Andrew II of Hungary
- Andrew III of Hungary
- Ivo Andrić
- Armed Boats Squadron Dubrovnik
- Baćin massacre
- Battle of the Barracks
- Siege of Szigetvár
- Battle of Gospić
- Battle of Šibenik
- Béla II of Hungary
- Béla III of Hungary
- Béla IV of Hungary
- Juan Bielovucic
- Siege of Bjelovar Barracks
- Zdenko Blažeković
- Bombing of Banski dvori
- Battle of Borovo Selo
- Brioni Agreement
- Charles I of Hungary
- Coloman, King of Hungary
- Operation Corridor 92
- Cretan War (1645–1669)
- Croatia
- Croatia–Hungary relations
- Croatia–Serbia border dispute
- Croatia national football team
- Croatian Littoral
- Croatian National Guard
- Croatian Natural History Museum
- Croatian Parliament
- Croatian War of Independence
- D21 road (Croatia)
- Dalj massacre
- Battle of the Dalmatian Channels
- Jezdimir Dangić
- Daruvar Agreement
- Demographics of Croatia
- Operation Deny Flight
- Momčilo Đujić
- Sekula Drljević
- Siege of Dubrovnik
- Mato Dukovac
- Elections in Croatia
- Elizabeth of Bosnia
- Emeric, King of Hungary
- Erdut killings
- Sigismund Ernuszt
- 1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing
- European route E751
- Fortress of Klis
- Geography of Croatia
- Géza II of Hungary
- Glina massacres
- Gospić massacre
- Government of Croatia
- Grič Tunnel (Zagreb)
- Operation Hurricane-91
- Ikarus IK-2
- Operation Jackal
- Jadovno concentration camp
- Jastrebarsko concentration camp
- Kačić family
- Siege of Kijevo (1991)
- Končar-class missile boat
- Battle of Kupres (1992)
- Battle of Kupres (1994)
- Battle of Kusonje
- Operation Labrador
- Lada (mythology)
- Ladislaus I of Hungary
- Ladislaus II of Hungary
- Ladislaus III of Hungary
- Ladislaus IV of Hungary
- Battle of Logorište
- Mladen Lorković
- Louis I of Hungary
- Lovas killings
- Mary, Queen of Hungary
- Matthias Corvinus
- Michael of Zahumlje
- Battle of the Miljevci Plateau
- Minefields in Croatia
- Operation Mistral 2
- Navy of the Independent State of Croatia
- Ombla
- Operation Alfa
- Operation Backstop
- Operation Sana
- Operation Southeast Croatia
- Operation Trio
- Battle of Orašje
- Battle of Osijek
- Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)
- Pakrac clash
- Petar Parchevich
- Plitvice Lakes incident
- Politics of Croatia
- Port of Ploče
- Port of Rijeka
- Port of Split
- President of Croatia
- Raskovnik
- Roman Empire
- Royal Yugoslav Navy
- Operation Rösselsprung (1944)
- Saborsko massacre
- Sajmište concentration camp
- Sava
- Siege of Güns
- Siege of Klis
- Siege of Trsat
- Silba-class landing ship-minelayer
- Široka Kula massacre
- Slavonia
- Croatian patrol boat Šolta (OB-02)
- Operation Southern Move
- Split Agreement
- Stephen II of Hungary
- Stephen III of Hungary
- Stephen IV of Hungary
- Stephen V of Hungary
- Operation Stinger
- Operation Storm
- Operation Summer '95
- Operation Swath-10
- SMS Szent István
- Yugoslav torpedo boat T7
- Television in Croatia
- Nikola Tesla
- Operation Tiger (1992)
- Trenck's Pandurs
- Tvrđa
- Tvrtko I of Bosnia
- Operation Una
- Una-class submarine
- United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia
- Vance plan
- Siege of Varaždin Barracks
- Croatian submarine Velebit
- Velepromet camp
- SMS Viribus Unitis
- Voćin massacre
- Operation Vrbas '92
- Josef Philipp Vukassovich
- Vukovar massacre
- Walls of Dubrovnik
- Operation Whirlwind
- Operation Winter '94
- World War II
- 1991 Yugoslav campaign in Croatia
- Yugoslav coup d'état
- Z-4 Plan
- Battle of Zadar
- Zagreb Synagogue
- Zaprešić
- Zinfandel
- Zrinski Battalion