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  Croatia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republic of Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans.
Croatia applied for European Union membership in 2003 and the EU leaders accepted it as an official candidate country in 2004.
As of March 2005, Croatia's candidacy was put on indefinite hold due to Carla del Ponte 's assertion that Zagreb had not fully cooperated with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia with regards to the apprehension of the fugitive alleged war criminal and former General, Ante Gotovina.
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 Online dictionary - County
The county of Oslo is equivalent to the municipality of Oslo.
At the county level there is a county administrative board led by a governor appointed by the central government of Sweden, as well as an elected county council that handles a separate set of issues, notably hospitals and public transportation.
County sheriffs are the principal agents of law enforcement in some states, for areas outside of cities and towns.
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 Counties of Croatia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The counties are primary territorial subdivisions of the Republic of Croatia.
The counties were introduced in the 1990 Constitution of Croatia, and only slightly changed up to present.
Some counties also prefer to swap the order of those two words but they are in the minority (since February 7, 1997 when the order was officially changed).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Counties_of_Croatia   (320 words)

  
 Croatia
The Republic of Croatia is a country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans.
Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic and often bitter fighting with the Serbs before the end of the war in 1995.
Croatia is situated between central, southern and eastern Europe, because it has a rather peculiar shape that resembles a crescent or a horseshoe.
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 Croatia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Republic of Croatia is a small country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans.
Croatia is situated between central and eastern Europe and peculiarly shaped.
In the north it is continental, Mediterranean along the coast and a semi-highland and highland climate in the south-central region.
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 County - Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The thirteen Counties of Wales were fixed by Statute in 1539 and most of those of Scotland are of at least this age.
The term "county" is also used in 48 of the 50 states of the United States for the level of local government below the state itself.
In New England, counties function primarily as judicial court districts (and in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, they have even lost the governmental function and are solely geographic designations), and most local power is in the form of towns.
www.greatestinfo.org /County   (1951 words)

  
 Grenada content of Wikipedia free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
While New South Wales was divided into counties in the early days of the colony, often preceding European settlement, hundreds, parishes and counties became dead letters for most purposes other that the registration of land ownership, which under the Torrens title system, is centralised in the state capital of Sydney.
In Maryland, the city of Baltimore is independent of any county, and Baltimore County is a separate entity outside the city.
Exceptions include areas like the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, where county and city governments have merged; and counties like Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and San Francisco County, California, where the county and city are coextensive.
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 Croatia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Main article: History of Croatia The Croats are a largely Slavic people, who migrated from areas of what is today Galicia (in Ukraine and Poland) and settled in present-day Croatia during the 7th century.
Main article: Geography of Croatia Croatia is situated between central, southern and eastern Europe, because it has a rather peculiar shape that resembles a crescent or a horseshoe.
Main article: Culture of Croatia Croatian culture is based on thirteen century long history during which the country has attained many monuments and cities, which gave birth to a fair number of brilliant individuals.
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 Croatia, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The region’s delegates attended until 1848 the sessions of Croatia’s Sabor (parliament) in Zagreb and of the Hungarian parliament in Pozsony (Bratislava).
The county as an administrative unit was introduced in 1998 in eastern Slavonia and western Szerémség (Srijem), as a result of which the 2001 census already gives county data.
In accordance with the law and depending on its numerical share of the population, the Hungarian minority was entitled to elect committees in 6 counties, 7 towns, and 23 districts, with 25, 15, and 10 members respectively, and so-called minority representatives with the same rights as the committees in7 counties and 3 towns.
www.htmh.hu /reports2004/croatia2004.htm   (7658 words)

  
 Croatia Counties
Grad Zagreb, a city with special administrative status similar to a county's, was merged with Zagreb county from 1995 to 1997.
It was distributed among the Austrian provinces of Coastland and Dalmatia, and the Hungarian province of Croatia and Slavonia.
Croatia was one of the six constituent republics of Yugoslavia from 1946 until the federation broke up.
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 Articles - County
Thus, though sometimes nicknamed the 'twenty-six counties'; by republicans, the Republic of Ireland now has thirty-four "county-level" authorities.
The name 'county'; was introduced by the Normans, and was derived from a Norman term for an area administered by a Count (lord).
These Norman 'counties'; were geographically based upon the Saxon shires, and kept their Saxon names.
www.free-biz.org /articles/County   (2265 words)

  
 Croatia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Croats are a Slavic people probably with origins in ancient Persia, who migrated from areas of what is today's Galicia and settled in present-day Croatia during the 7th century.
In 1102 the Croatians ended a civil war by agreeing to submit themselves to Hungarian authority.
Croatia has a post-communist economy based mostly on various services and some, mostly light industry.
www.indexlistus.de /keyword/Croatia.php   (877 words)

  
 adriatica.net > Croatia    (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hvar summer cultural manifestation is one of the oldest in Croatia: musical, theater and folklore programs are organized in picturesque ambiance of town Hvar, which welcomes artist from home and abroad.
This year the sixteenth annual main tennis tournament in Croatia is being held the last week of July.
From a sports point of view, the Croatia Open is a first-rate competition and tournament that has already received the «Award of excellence» three times, proving its high level of standards.
www.adriatica.net /croatia/raspored_en.htm   (1641 words)

  
 Croatia Counties
For a more complete history of the subdivisions of Croatia, see Željko Heimer's Subdivisions of Croatia page.
It shows Croatia divided into twenty županije (counties) and one grad (city).
1992-12-30: Croatia was reorganized into 21 zupanije (counties), subdivided into 419 communes, 70 cities, and two autonomous districts in ethnic Serb areas.
www.statoids.com /vhr.html   (437 words)

  
 Croatia - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
General information about Croatia @ www.hr ( http://www.hr/hrvatska/general.en.shtml)
Croatia Info, Classified Ads, Links, Discussion Forum and Photo Gallery @ free.fr ( http://lacroatie.free.fr/)
Map of Croatia showing cities @ world-gazetteer.com ( http://www.world-gazetteer.com/s/p_hr.htm)
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Croatia   (1297 words)

  
 QIF CROATIA - LATEST DEVELOPMENT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The QIF programme, with the auspices and financial support of the EU, has formally initiated the preparation of two Regional Operational Programmes (ROPs), using the methodology that has been succesfully implemented by other “Objective 1” regions in Europe, for two counties in Croatia: Zadar and Šibenik-Knin.
At the central level, under the coordination of the Ministry of European Integration, various line ministries have appointed their representatives to the technical team that will participate in the preparation of the plans.
In a similar way, both counties have also nominated those local technicians that will be in charge of providing their inputs to the programme.
www.qif.hr /00_lat_dev/16_l_d.htm   (179 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional:Europe:Croatia:Counties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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The country is administratively subdivided to counties (zupanije, or zupanija for singular).
The City of Zagreb due to its importance has been assigned the status of county.
dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/Croatia/Counties/desc.html   (36 words)

  
 GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Croatia
International Constitutional Law: Croatia Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the current constitution plus background notes, a key number system to locate parts, and links to comparative information
PARLIAMENT: Hrvatski Drzavni Sabor, consisting of the Zastupnicki Dom [House of Representatives] and the Zupanijski Dom [House of Counties]
NATLEX: Croatia (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
www.loc.gov /law/guide/croatia.html   (244 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Croatia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia.
20 counties (zupanije, zupanija - singular) and 1 city* (grad - singular); Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska Zupanija, Brodsko-Posavska Zupanija, Dubrovacko-Neretvanska Zupanija, Istarska Zupanija, Karlovacka Zupanija, Koprivnicko-Krizevacka Zupanija, Krapinsko-Zagorska Zupanija, Licko-Senjska Zupanija, Medimurska Zupanija, Osjecko-Baranjska Zupanija, Pozesko-Slavonska Zupanija, Primorsko-Goranska Zupanija, Sibensko-Kninska Zupanija, Sisacko-Moslavacka Zupanija, Splitsko-Dalmatinska Zupanija, Varazdinska Zupanija, Viroviticko-Podravska Zupanija, Vukovarsko-Srijemska Zupanija, Zadarska Zupanija, Zagreb*, Zagrebacka Zupanija
Before the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the Republic of Croatia, after Slovenia, was the most prosperous and industrialized area, with a per capita output perhaps one-third above the Yugoslav average.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/hr.html   (1201 words)

  
 Search.com Directory : Regional : Europe : Croatia : Counties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Search.com Directory : Regional : Europe : Croatia : Counties
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 Facts about Croatia: Counties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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20 counties and the Town of Zagreb with 121 towns and 416 communities.
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 Regional Europe Croatia Counties Helens Categorized Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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