General and useful info

Area
56,542 square kilometres of land and 31,067 square kilometres of sea.

Population
4,381,352 (according to the 2001 census). Most of the population are Croats. The ethnical minorities include Serbs, Bosnians, Italians, Slovenians, Hungarians, Albanians, Romanies, Czechs, and others.

Capital
Zagreb - 779,145 inhabitants (according to 2001 census) - the cultural, academic, administrative, economic and transportation center of the country.

The telephone code
+385 for Croatia

Official language and alphabet
The Croatian language and Latin alphabet. Travel documentation
Passport or some other internationally recognised identification document. Tourists may remain in Croatia for up to three months.

Medical service
There are hospitals and clinics in all larger cities and first aid clinics and pharmacies in all places. Foreign tourists do not pay for medical services if the Health Care Convention was signed between Croatia and the country they come from. Expenses of health services provided to persons coming from the countries with which the Health Care Convention was not signed are charged directly to users according to the price list. For patients whose lives are in danger, there is emergency transport by air(helicopter) or sea (speadboat).

Religion
The majority are Roman Catholics. There are some of the Orthodox, Muslim and other Christian denomination followers.

Length of the coast
5,835 kilometres, with 4,058 kilometres of the island coastline, reefs and cliffs.
1,185 (718 islands, 389 cliffs and 78 reefs). Out of 67 inhabited islands with 130.000 inhabitants, the biggest are Krk and Cres.

State system
Multiparty parliamentary republic.

Currency
Kuna (1 Kuna = 100 Lipa). There are 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 Lipa coins, 1, 2, 5 and 25 Kuna coins and 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000 Kuna banknotes.

Time zone
GMT + one hour from Saturday before last Sunday in October to last Saturday in March,
GMT + two hours from last Saturday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in October.

Electricity voltage
Voltage of city power grid - 220V, frequency 50Hz

Water
Tap water is safe for drinking in all parts of Croatia.

Important telephone numbers

• International dialling prefix for Croatia: 385
• Ambulance 94
• Fire-service 93
• Police 92
• Assistance on the roads 987; 987@hak.hr
  (If you are calling from outside of Croatia or using a mobile phone dial +3851 987)
• General information 981
• Information about local and district telephone numbers 988
• Information about International telephone numbers 902
• Weather forecast and road conditions 060 520 520