Croatia
by The present Republic of Croatia is one of the successor states of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which closely inter bloodiest war in Europe since the Second World War. It is one of the most popular targets of Czech tourists go every year there are over 600 000 Long attracted the Dalmatian Adriatic coast – Makarska Riviera, but heading for the islands of Hvar, Brac and Korcula.
Croatia lies on the Balkans an area of 56,542 km square, and in addition the land is situated on 120 islands. He lives there 4.5 million people. More four-fifths of them are Croats, Serbs and Bosnians remainder, ninety percent of them are Catholics. The capital city is nearly a million-dollar Zagreb. In southeast Croatia bordering the Adriatic Sea.
The country has the shape of the curve which is squeezed from the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which stretches from the Danube to the northeast over the Istrian peninsula in the west, a narrow strip of territory extends to the Bay of Kotor. To the west bordering Croatia and Slovenia to the north with Hungary and Serbia to the northeast, then southeast to the Black Mountain. Dubrovnik from the rest of Croatia’s territory separated to provide Bosnia and Herzegovina access to the sea.
The country has a Mediterranean climate with mild winters and long warm summers and a small number of collisions . Before the cold continental air off a chain of hills protects the Dinaric Karst. Plains is located at the border with Hungary.
Korcula
History
On the territory of present-day Croatia lived Ilirové BC, the area in the first century BC, became part of the Roman Empire. From the seventh century, penetrated by the Slavs, who thus created his own kingdom, headed by Trpimírovci. In 1102 it was Croatia and Hungary annexed uk then became part of the Habsburg monarchy, faced with the onslaught of the Ottoman Turks.
After the First World War in 1918 the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, while after the collapse of Austria-Hungary to the Serbian kingdom, which also became part of Macedonia, Kosovo, Vojvodina and Black Mountain, joined other area, which was still during the First World part of the empire.
The country was renamed in 1929 in Yugoslavia. In 1941, after Nazi Germany’s attack on Yugoslavia declared Ustasha Independent State of Croatia , which included Bosnia-Herzegovina with the. After the Second World Croatia part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Declaration of Independence and the Balkan War
Croatia gained independence in 1991, but the war ended in separation. Elections in Croatia won the spring of 1990 led by Croatian Democratic Community Tudžmanem dude. The 30th May 1990 at the first session of parliament announced the promulgation of a new constitution , Croatia was to be newly defined on ethnic basis and not as a common state of Croats, Serbs and other minorities. A referendum on independence held on 19 May 1991.
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