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Croatia
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Hrvatska |
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Hrvatska - Republika Hrvatska
Republika Hrvatska je srednjoeuropska zemlja, zemljopisno smještena na raskrižju puteva za Srednju Europu i Sredozemlja. Hrvatska graniči sa Slovenijom, Mađarskom, Srbijom, Bosnom i Hercegovinom, Crnom Gorom i Italijom (morska granica). Hrvatska ima 4.437.460 stanovnika. Glavni grad je Zagreb (779.145 st.). Kopnena površina iznosi 56.542 km², a površina teritorijalnog mora 31.067 km².
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Croatia - Republic of Croatia
The Republic of Croatia is a country in Europe at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. Its capital is Zagreb. Croatia shares land borders with ► Slovenia and ► Hungary to the north, ► Serbia with ► Vojvodina to the east, ► Bosnia and Herzegovina (both the ► Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and ► Srpska) and ► Montenegro to the south, as well as a sea border with ► Italy to the west.
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Croatia |
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Republic of Croatia |
| Status |
Independent country since 1991 |
| Location |
South East Europe |
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Zagreb |
| Population |
4,551,000 inhabitants |
| Area |
56,542 km² |
| Major languages |
Croatian and national minority languages |
| Major religions |
Roman Catholicism |
| More information |
Croatia, Geography of Croatia, History of Croatia and Politics of Croatia |
| More images |
Croatia - Croatia (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of Croatia |
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Map of Croatia in Croat |
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Map of Croatia |
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Municipalities of Croatia |
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Minefields |
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Region of Dalmatia |
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Istria |
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Syrmia |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Croatia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Croatia.
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Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present |
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The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;
133 BC
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
117 (maximum extension)
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Camps of the Roman Legions in 80 |
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Dalmatia in the Roman Empire (116) |
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Roman Province of Dalmatia |
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The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
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Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500 |
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Division of the Roman Empire in 406 |
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Eastern Roman Empire |
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Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus |
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Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus |
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The Byzantine Empire under Basil II, c. 1025 |
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Byzantine Empire 1025 |
{{left|Image:Byzantium1081AD.PNG|The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Alexios I Komnenos, c. 1081
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Map of the Byzantine Empire under Manuel Komnenos, c.1170. |
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Byzantine Empire 1180 |
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire |
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Development of the European part of the Ottoman Empire |
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire |
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Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683 |
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Republic of Dubrovnik |
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Republic of Dubrovnik in 1808 |
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Europe in 1812 |
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Kingdom of Slavonia 1849 with Slavonian Krajina |
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Kingdoms and countries of Austria–Hungary:
Cisleithania: 1. Bohemia, 2. Bukovina, 3. Carinthia, 4. Carniola, 5. Dalmatia, 6. Galicia, 7. Austrian Littoral, 8. Lower Austria, 9. Moravia, 10. Salzburg, 11. Silesia, 12. Styria, 13. Tyrol, 14. Upper Austria, 15. Vorarlberg; Transleithania: 16. Hungary, 17. Croatia and Slavonia; 18. Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Location of the Kingdom of Hungary |
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Religions in Austria-Hungary, Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas, 1st Edition, Leipzig (Germany) 1881 |
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Ethnic map of Austria-Hungary, census 1880. German version |
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Ethnic map of Austria-Hungary, census 1890. English version |
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Austria-Hungary in 1899 |
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Historical map of Austria-Hungary from the Bibliothek allgemeinen und praktischen Wissens für Militäranwärter Band I, 1905 |
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Ethnic map |
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After World War I, Croatia became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918, which was renamed into Yugoslavia in 1929. This is a map of Yugoslavia in 1930 |
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Independent State of Croatia 1941-1943 |
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Independent State of Croatia 1943-1945 |
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Division of Yugoslavia |
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Ethnic distribution within Yugoslavia in 1961 (in Serbian) |
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Ethnic distribution within Yugoslavia in 1981 (in Serbian) |
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An animated series of maps showing the breakup of the second Yugoslavia |
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Serbs in Croatia |
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Map of the strategic offensive plan of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) in Croatia, 1991. The JNA was unable to advance as far as it had hoped due to Croatian resistance. |
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Republika Srpska Krajina 1991 |
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Wartime 1991 |
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Wartime 1992 |
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War in Eastern Slavonia 1991-1992 |
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Former Yugoslavia compared with the present borders |
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Ethnic division of Serbia and Montegenegro, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 2004 (Serbian) |
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Boundary dispute with Slovenia |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.
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Republic of Dubrovnik (Ragusa) 1678 |
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Balkans |
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Balkans in the 18th century |
Satellite maps
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Satellite map |
Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
- Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- For Burma, see Myanmar; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom; Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire; Pridnestrovie, see Transnistria; Taiwan, see China, Republic of; Timor-Leste, see East Timor.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
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