FACTS ABOUT CROATIA
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FACTS ABOUT CROATIA
1.
Croatia is officially known as the “Republic
of Croatia”
2.
Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia.
3.
The total population of Croatia is 4,292,095.
4.
The natives of Croatia are called
Croatians.
5.
The Kuna (HRK) is official currency of
Croatia.
6.
Croatia shares a border with Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Hungary and Montenegro.
7.
The origin of the name Croatia is
uncertain.
8.
The Croats are believed to have arrived
in what is today Croatia, from southern Poland, south of Kraków in the early
7th century. However, this claim is also disputed by many.
9.
By geographical area, Croatia is 127th
largest country in the world.
10.
Parachute was also invented in Croatia
by Faust Vraneiae in 1617.
11.
Azithromycin: A world best-selling
Antibiotic, was also invented in Croatia by Pliva, a pharmaceutical company
headquartered in Zagreb.
12.
Croatian currency is named after a lime
tree.
13.
Croatia is called Hrvatska in Croatian.
14.
Primary and secondary education is free
in Croatia.
15.
You can have a majestic look of
Dubrovnik city from a loft 405 m while riding on a cable car which takes you
from just north of the city walls to Mt Srđ in under four minutes.
16.
Croatia has 1165 islands on the Adriatic
Sea of which 66 are inhibited.
17.
Croatia’s largest mountain, the Velebit,
lies in Paklenica National Park.
18.
Croatia was once a kingdom in 925 under
the kingship of Tomislav, the first king of the country.
19.
The first native Croatian ruler
recognized by the Pope was Duke Branimir.
20.
In northern Croatia, the fossils of
Neanderthals have been unearthed. The fossils were found to be dating back to
the middle Palaeolithic period.
21.
Kingdom of Croatia and Kingdom of
Hungary in 1102 were ruled by the same King, Ladislaus I. Hungary plays a significant
role in contributing towards Croatian tourism. Hundreds of thousands of
Hungarians visit Croatia every year.
22.
Croatians are also some of the best
conversationalists. Believe us that dating a Croat will keep you away from
boredom.
23.
Because of a variety of dialets that are
spoken in the country, it is common to find people having difficulty in
understanding each others’ language and intention.
24.
During the World War II, the Croats
murdered between 70,000 and 100,000 people. This mass killing was done while
pursuing a policy of racial and ethnic persecution.
25.
Because of its unique patterns and
designs, lacemaking in Croatia has been recognized as an Intangible Cultural
Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
26.
The remains of a German WWII ship can be
seen in just a few meters of clear water in Zavratnica bay.
27.
Lonely Planet, one of the world’s
leading travel site has described Croatia as the country of glittering waters.
28.
In 2011, FORBES magazine ranked Croatia
in the top 12 world best retirement haven. One of the reasons for this could be
that the retirees in Croatia are exempted from paying income tax.
29.
Croatia is identified by the IMF as an
emerging and developing economy.
30.
As per the World Bank, Croatia is a
high-income economy.
31.
Tourism plays a significant role in the
country’s economy, which is also dependent on agriculture.
32.
Around 11 million tourists visited
Croatia in 2009.
33.
Cres and Krk are the largest islands of
the country.
34.
Vis, which is the farthest inhabited
island from the Croatian mainland; was named the top beach in Europe for 2016.
35.
Out of the numerous deep caves in
Croatia, at least three are deeper than 1,000 m.
36.
The country also has a system of lakes
with distinctive colors including mint green, grey or blue.
37.
As per some statistics, Croatia is among
the top 40 famous tourist destinations in the world.
38.
Tourism contributes 15% to the nation’s
GDP.
39.
The European Union is Croatia’s most
important trading partner.
40.
The Sea Organ is an architectural object
located in Zadar, Croatia. It is an experimental musical instrument, which
plays music by way of sea waves and tubes located underneath a set of large
marble steps.
41.
Croatia underwent economic recession
between 2008 and 2015. The economy, however, is recovering from the loss.
42.
Croatia spends almost 8% of its GDP on
health.
43.
Croatia is a hot-spot for celebrities
and business giants to invest their money in property in the country.
Superstars including Steven Spielberg, Andre Agassi, Gwyneth Paltrow, Beyonce
and Jay Z, Madonna, Clint Eastwood and businessmen including Bill Gates, Roman
Abramovic, Deripaska, Melnichenko,
Zeleznjak, and Bernie Ecclestone have all purchased properties for residential
and business.
44.
For safety and security, Croatia is
ranked above the U.S. by the Institute for Economics & Peace.
45.
Impressed by the beauty of the
Dubrovnik, George Bernard Shaw has said “those who seek paradise on Earth
should come to Dubrovnik”.
46.
The city (Dubrovnik) has also been
described as “the pearl of the Adriatic”.
47.
Croatia is a rich country in biodiversity.
48.
Croatia has a total of eight national
parks. One of these–Plitvice Lakes National Park– is a UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
49.
There is a museum in Croatia dedicated
to Frogs doing some people work. Froggyland has 507 stuffed frogs arranged in
21 cases. The frogs in the museum are stuffed with cork and are doing a variety
of things that people do during daily life.
50.
The Walls of Ston, Croatia, is the
longest fortress system anywhere in the world. The great walls protected the
city from Ottomans for the last 500 years. The walls are 5 kilo-meter long and
aptly surround Ston and its neighbor Mali Ston.
51.
Croatia has only one Noble Prize winner
so far. That too was born in Austria-Hungary at that time. Leopold Ruzicka won
the Noble Prize in Chemistry in 1939.
52.
Croatia also has a city continuously
inhabited for the last 8000 years – Vinkovic, in eastern Croatia.
53.
Croatia has the second highest rate of
immigration in the world. Ireland is on the number one spot.
54.
47% of Croatia’s land and 39% of its sea
is designated as specially protected areas and areas of conservation.
55.
The 6th largest
amphitheater in the world is in Pula, Croatia.
56.
Croats are also accredited with
inventing the necktie. They did it in the 17th century.
57.
Croats like to play football the most.
However, the countrymen also follow water polo, basketball and handball as
well.
58.
Kids pay attention here: Nikola Tesla,
the famous inventor of alternating current was born in Serbia ( now Croatia.)
Tesla’s birthplace was opened as a museum on July 10, 2006.
59.
Some famous people from Croatia include:
Filthy Frank (Pop Singer), Luka Modric (Soccer player), Mario Andretti (Race
Car Driver) and Jelena Rozga (pop Singer).
60.
Adult Eagle owl found in Croatia can
have a wing span of up to 2 meters. It is the largest European owl. There are
around 1200 pairs of these living in Croatia.
61.
Croatia became the 28th
member state of the EU on 1 July 2013.
62.
Kolinda Grabar-Kiratovic is Croatia’s
first female president.
63.
Dalmatian dog is a well known breed from
Dalmatia. However, this name was given in the 19th century in USA. Previously
it was known as the “Dubrovnik hunter”.
64.
There is a Museum of Broken
Relationships in Croatia. Heartbroken people donate the remainders of their
loved ones in the museum. Nearly 1,000 people visit the museum every week.
65.
Croatia Exports: transport equipment,
machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs and fuels.
66.
Croatia Imports: machinery, transport
and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants and foodstuffs.
67.
The internet country code for Croatia is
.hr.
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