Croatia, dzina lonse la Republic of Croatia, ili ndi dera lalikulu masikweya kilomita 56538. Ili kumwera chakumwera kwa Europe, kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Balkan Peninsula. Imadutsa dziko la Slovenia ndi Hungary kumpoto chakumadzulo ndi Hungary, Serbia ndi Montenegro (kale Yugoslavia), Bosnia ndi Herzegovina kum'mawa, ndi kumwera kwa Adriatic Sea. Malowa agawika magawo atatu: kumwera chakumadzulo ndi kum'mwera ndi gombe la Adriatic, lomwe lili ndi zilumba zambiri komanso gombe lovuta, lomwe lili ndi kutalika kwa 1777.7 kilomita; pakati ndi kumwera kuli mapiri ndi mapiri, ndipo kumpoto chakum'mawa ndi chigwa. Malinga ndi malowo, nyengo imagawika nyengo ya Mediterranean, nyengo yamapiri komanso nyengo yotentha yadziko lonse.

Kumapeto kwa zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chimodzi ndikumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chiwiri, Asilavo adasamukira ndikukakhazikika ku Balkan. Kumapeto kwa zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chitatu komanso koyambirira kwa zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chinayi, ma Croatia adakhazikitsa boma loyambilira. Ufumu wamphamvu waku Croatia udakhazikitsidwa m'zaka za 10th. Kuyambira 1102 mpaka 1527, idali pansi paulamuliro wa Kingdom of Hungary. Kuyambira 1527 mpaka 1918, idalamulidwa ndi a Habsburgs mpaka kugwa kwa Ufumu wa Austro-Hungary. Mu Disembala 1918, Croatia ndi anthu ena akumwera kwa Asilavo adakhazikitsa Kingdom of Serbia-Croatia-Slovenia, yomwe idasinthidwa kukhala Kingdom of Yugoslavia mu 1929. Mu 1941, achifasizimu achijeremani komanso achi Italiya adalanda Yugoslavia ndikukhazikitsa "Independent State of Croatia". Pambuyo pakupambana kwa fascism mu 1945, Croatia idalumikizana ndi Yugoslavia. Mu 1963, adadzatchedwa Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, ndipo Croatia idakhala amodzi mwa mayiko asanu ndi limodzi. Pa Juni 25, 1991, Republic of Croatia idalengeza ufulu wawo, ndipo pa Okutobala 8 chaka chomwecho adalengeza kuti apatukana ndi Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Mbendera yadziko: Ndi yaying'ono, yamtundu wautali mpaka m'lifupi ndi pafupifupi 3: 2. Amapangidwa ndi ma rectangles atatu ofanana ndi ofanana, omwe ndi ofiira, oyera ndi amtambo kuchokera pamwamba mpaka pansi. Chizindikiro cha dziko limajambulidwa pakati pa mbendera. Dziko la Croatia linalengeza kuti lili ndi ufulu wodzilamulira kuchokera ku dziko lomwe kale linali Yugoslavia pa June 25, 1991. Mbendera yatsopano yomwe yatchulidwa pamwambayi inayamba kugwira ntchito pa December 22, 1990.

Anthu aku Croatia ndi 4.44 miliyoni (2001). Mitundu yayikulu ndi Croatia (89.63%), ndipo enawo ndi Aserbia, Hungary, Italy, Albania, Czech, ndi ena. Chilankhulo chachikulu ndi Chiroatia. Chipembedzo chachikulu ndi Chikatolika.

Croatia ndi yolemera m'nkhalango ndi madzi, ndi nkhalango ya mahekitala 2.079 miliyoni komanso kuchuluka kwa nkhalango kwa 43.5%. Kuphatikiza apo, pali zinthu zina monga mafuta, gasi, ndi aluminium. Gawo lalikulu la mafakitale limaphatikizapo kukonza chakudya, nsalu, kupanga zombo, zomangamanga, magetsi, petrochemical, metallurgy, makina opanga makina komanso mafakitale opanga nkhuni. Makampani opanga zokopa alendo aku Croatia ndi gawo lofunikira pachuma chadziko komanso gwero lalikulu lazopeza zakunja. Malo owoneka bwino ndi monga nyanja zokongola komanso zokongola za Adriatic Seashore, Plitvice Lakes ndi Chilumba cha Brijuni ndi malo ena osungirako zachilengedwe.

Zagreb: Zagreb (Zagreb) ndiye likulu la Republic of Croatia, lomwe lili kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Croatia, kumadzulo kwa mtsinje wa Sava, patsinde pa Phiri la Medvednica. Imakhala ndi dera lalikulu ma 284 kilomita. Chiwerengero cha anthu 770,000 (2001). Kutentha kwapakati mu Januware ndi -1.6 ℃, kutentha kwapakati mu Julayi ndi 20.9 ℃, ndipo kutentha kwapakati pachaka ndi 12.7 ℃. Mvula yamvula yapachaka ndi 890 mm.

Zagreb ndi mzinda wakale ku Central Europe, tanthauzo loyambirira la dzina lake ndi "ngalande". Anthu achi Slavic adakhazikika kuno mu 600 AD, ndipo mzindawu udawonedwa koyamba m'mabuku a mbiri yakale mu 1093, pomwe anali malo olalikira achikatolika. Pambuyo pake, nyumba ziwiri zosiyana zidatuluka ndipo mzinda wamtundu wina udapangidwa m'zaka za zana la 13. Ankatchedwa Zagreb kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1600. M'zaka za zana la 19, unali likulu la Croatia motsogozedwa ndi Ufumu wa Austro-Hungary. Panthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse, mzindawu unali likulu la dziko la Croatia motsogozedwa ndi olamulira a Axis. Unali mzinda wachiwiri waukulu kwambiri m'dziko lomwe kale linali Yugoslavia, pomwe panali likulu la mafakitale komanso malo azikhalidwe. Mu 1991 lidakhala likulu la Republic of Croatia pambuyo pa ufulu.

Mzindawu ndi malo ofunikira madzi komanso kuyenda pamtunda, komanso likulu la misewu ndi njanji zochokera ku Western Europe kupita kugombe la Adriatic ndi Balkan. Ndege ya Pleso ili ndi maulendo opita kumadera ambiri ku Europe. Makampani akuluakulu akuphatikizapo zitsulo, makina opanga, makina amagetsi, mankhwala, kukonza nkhuni, nsalu, kusindikiza, mankhwala ndi chakudya.