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Croatia (in Croatian, Hrvatska), republic
in south-eastern Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula, bordered
on the north by Slovenia and Hungary, on the east and south
by Bosnia and Herzegovina, and on the east by Serbia. Formerly
a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia, Croatia declared its independence on June 25,
1991.
Official Name - Republic of Croatia
Capital - Zagreb 726,770 (1991)
Population - 4,775,000 (1996)
Life Expectancy - 70 years for men 77 years
for women
Area - 56,538 sq km (21,829 sq mi)
Languages - Croatian
Religions - Roman Catholicism; Eastern Orthodox,
Islam
Currency - Kuna
Croatia is in the Central European Time Zone. Central European
Standard Time (CET) is 1 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT+1).

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