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The locals refer to Croatia as a tiny little country, a relatively valid assessment: the boomerang shaped land takes up only 56,542 km2, a size just smaller than West Virginia. It shares a border with Italy, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro.

Islands
There are an amazing 1,185 island that make up the Croatian Coast, 47 of them inhabited by humans. The coast is the main tourist attraction and happily retains an undiscovered quality. The prevalence of camera toting Westerners is not so widespread yet and the coastline, often more awe-inspiring than in other, better know vacation destinations, is much less expensive. Tourists in Zagreb, at least at this point in time, are often simply passing through on their way to the pristine green-blue waters.
The river that covers the greatest distance of Croatian soil is the Sava at 562km. It cuts right through the heart of Zagreb immediately south of Glavni kolodvor. The Drava covers a distance of 505km and the far-reaching Danube (2,857km) spans 188km through the country.

Temperatures in Zagreb (2000)
Annual average temperature +12.7°C
Maximum High +38.5°C
Maximum Low -18.1°C
Average Monthly Temperatures (2000)
Jan -1.6°C Feb +4.6°C Mar +7.9°C April +14.2°C May +17.5°C June +21.6°C July +20.9°C Aug +23°C Sep +16.6°C Oct +13.3°C Nov +9.2°C Dec +°C

Sun & Rain in Croatia (2000)
Annual amount of sunshine 2314.8 hours
Mean precipitation 712.1mm
Average Humidity 71%


Population
Croatia (April 2001): 4,437,480; Zagreb (April 2001): 779,145

Ethnic Composition
(April 2001): 89.63% Croats, 4.54% Serbs, 5.83% other.

Geography
The highest peak is the Dinara Mountain at 1,831m above sea level.

Local Time
Croatia is part of the Central European Time Zone (GMT+1), so when it is noon in Zagreb it is 12:00 in Berlin, 11:00 in London, 06:00 in New York, 14:00 in Moscow, 21:00 in Sydney and 03:00 in Nothing (Arizona).