Geography, demography, and administrative organization of Croatia
This domain tests the physical and human geography of Croatia and how the state is administratively organized. Expect numbers: area, population, counties, towns and municipalities.
Land and people
- Croatia covers 56,594 km². The 2021 census recorded about 3.87 million inhabitants; the capital is Zagreb.
- The highest peak is Dinara (Sinjal) at 1,831 m. The longest river is the Sava. The coastline, including islands, is about 6,278 km, with 1,244 islands, islets and reefs, of which about 47 are inhabited.
- Neighbours are Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro; the maritime border is with Italy.
- There are 21 administrative units: 20 counties plus the City of Zagreb. Below them are 127 towns and 428 municipalities. Counties are led by prefects (župan), towns by mayors and municipalities by načelnici.
- Croatia recognizes 22 national minorities; the largest is the Serb community, followed by Italians, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks and Roma.
Worked example
Question: "Is the City of Zagreb part of Zagrebačka županija?" Reasoning: Zagreb has the status of a separate county-level unit. Zagrebačka županija surrounds the city but does not include it. The answer is no.
Traps
"20 counties" omits the City of Zagreb. Croatia does not have 1,000 islands; the figure is 1,244 islands, islets and reefs. The population is not 4.5 million.