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Dátum pridania: | 03.03.2002 | Oznámkuj: | 12345 |
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Among 78.1% of Croats there lives Serbs (12.2%), Muslims (0.9%), Hungarians (0.5%), Slovenian (0.5%), Czech (0.4%), Albanian (0.3%), Montenegrin (0.3%), Roma (0.2%), others, including Slovaks (6.6%). Official language of Croatia is Croatian, 96% percent speak Croatian, other 4% speak Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German. Major confession in Croatia is Roman-Catholic (76.5%), other religions include Orthodox (11.1%), Muslim (1.2%), Protestant (0.4%), others and unknown (10.8%).
The capital and the largest city in the city of Croatia is Zagreb with 706,770 inhabitants. The diocese was found in 1094 at the locality of Kaptol. In 1242 King Bela IV granted “The Golden Seal” to the city of Zagreb , giving it the status of a free royal town. Zagreb is political, economical and cultural center of Croatia. It is also important rail, road and air traffic intersection. University of Zagreb was found in 1669. Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences is also seated in Zagreb. Other important cities include Split (189,338) a seaport, Rijeka (167,964) also a seaport, Osijek (104,761) an agricultural and industrial center. We can also count Dubrovnik as important city, because of its historical importance. After breaking from Yugoslavia, Croatia was second-most prosperous and industrialized country after Slovenia. But after outbreak of war Croatia’s economy went into steep decline. After recovering from war Croatia became prosperous country. Croatian exports include foodstuff, chemicals and ships. Consumer goods, equipment, fuel and food dominate country’s imports.
The Croatian currency is the kuna (6,10 Kn equal $1 US; 1997 average). One kuna can be divided to 100 lipas. From its introduction kuna remain relatively stable against American dollar. Croatia’s central bank and bank of issue is National bank of Croatia. The most important sectors in Croatian economy are industry (32,8% of 1991 GDP), trade (22,5%), transportation and communications, and agriculture and fishing (11,4% each), constructions industry (6,8%), crafts (3,7%), financial and other services (3,5%), catering and tourism (3,4%) and forestry (1,4%). Biggest companies in industry includes petrochemical company INA Industrija Nafte, transportation company Croatia Line, then Hrvatska Elektropriveda, pharmaceutical company Pliva or foodstuff company Podravka. Croatia is a parliamentary democracy. In Republic of Croatia the government is organized of the separation of powers into the legislative, executive and judicial branches. The Croatian Parliament called Sabor is a body of elected representatives of the people and it is vested with the legislative power in the Republic of Croatia.