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Croatia's non-native name derives from Medieval Latin Croātia, which is a derivation of North-West Slavic *Xərwate.

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Croatia

Population
3.9M
Area
56,594 km²
Capital
Zagreb
Continent
Europe
129th most populous country in the world

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of 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, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west.

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Neanderthal fossils dating to the middle Palaeolithic period were unearthed in northern Croatia at the Krapina site.

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Croatia

Population
3.9M
Area
56,594 km²
Capital
Zagreb
Continent
Europe
129th most populous country in the world

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of 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, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west.

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Croatia has over a thousand islands and islets, with 48 of them being permanently inhabited.

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Croatia

Population
3.9M
Area
56,594 km²
Capital
Zagreb
Continent
Europe
129th most populous country in the world

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of 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, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west.

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The lowest temperature of −35.5 °C (−31.9 °F) was recorded in Croatia on 3 February 1919.

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Croatia

Population
3.9M
Area
56,594 km²
Capital
Zagreb
Continent
Europe
129th most populous country in the world

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of 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, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west.

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Croatia hosts 37,000 known plant and animal species, but their actual number is estimated to be between 50,000 and 100,000.

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Croatia

Population
3.9M
Area
56,594 km²
Capital
Zagreb
Continent
Europe
129th most populous country in the world

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of 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, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west.

From the “Geography” section

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Photo: Thebeon · CC BY-SA 4.0

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