Croatia
Croatia (officially Republic of Croatia) is a country in Southeast Europe, with its capital at Zagreb, and is home to roughly 3.9M people.
Croatian is the official language; the currency in circulation is Euro (€); people from here are called Croatian.
- »The necktie descends from the scarves worn by Croatian mercenaries in France. The word cravate comes from 'Croat'.
- »Its coastline includes over a thousand islands.
Croatia touches five neighbours: Bosnia and Herzegovina to the southeast, Hungary to the northeast, Montenegro to the southeast, Serbia to the east and Slovenia to the northwest. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Zagreb grew from two rival medieval hill settlements, Gradec and Kaptol, that were separated by a stream and frequently at war before merging.
54,334 km² (20,978 sq mi), 125th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Togo.
Population 3,866,200, 129th of 198 on file. That averages 71 per km² (184 per sq mi).
The red-and-white chequy shield, the šahovnica, has stood for Croatia since at least the 15th century. Above it sit five smaller shields for the historic regions.
Close enough to Paraguay's flag to cost you a guess.
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