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Deer on the island of Badija
Vela Luka
Korcula
Dubrovnik
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CROATIA FACTS
Its western
borders reach the Alps, to the north-east its borders
touch the Panonian lowlands, to the east Croatia's border line
is the river Danube and on the south it is the Adriatic sea.
Croatia covers the area of 56,594 km2 , while the
waters
of Croatia cover the area of 31,067 km2 .
According to the census from 2001. there are 4.4 mil
inhabitants in Croatia, most of them are Croats and
besides national minorities are Serbs, Slovenes,
Hungarians,
Bosnians, Italians and Czechs.
Capital of Croatia is Zagreb which according to last
census counts around 1 mil. inhabitants.
CROATIA CLIMATE
Croatia can be divided
into three climate zones.
The inland
has mostly continental climate which
is characterised by rainy and cool winters
with moderate snow falls and hot summers;
temperatures range from -5 to 0 in winter
period and from 18 to 30
°C
during the summer.
The mountain region
is characterised by forest climate
with lots of snowfalls in winter and moderate rain
during summer months. The temperatures in winter
can go as low as -30
°C
while in summer the average
daily temperature is about 12°C
The mild Mediterranean climate
is determined by the large number of sunny days with
hot and
dry
summers and mild and wet winters with
occasionally significant
rainfalls. Winter temperatures
range from 5 to 13
°C
and on summers
their range
is between 23 and 33
°C.
CROATIA CURRENCY
Croatia national currency
is kuna. 1 kuna consists of
100 lipa. For Croatia
travellers it is worth to know that
you can exchange foreign
currency
in banks, exchange
offices, post offices, travel agencies,
hotels, airports,
camping sites. Should you have cheques or you need
credit card
transactions, please visit the bank
CROATIA DESTINATIONS
KORCULA
DUBROVNIK
NATIONAL
PARK PLITVICE LAKES
PULA
ISLAND
OF KRK
ZADAR
SPLIT
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