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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 late 2004.
		In the north and east it is continental, Mediterranean along the coast and a semi-highland and highland climate in the south-central region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Croatia (1412 words)

	Encyclopedia: Dalmatia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Dalmatia (Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia, Serbian Ð”Ð°Ð»Ð¼Ð°ÑÐ¸ÑÐ°) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, mostly in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Pag in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast.
		Ploče is a town and a notable seaport in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county of Croatia, population 10,834 (2001).
		Dacia, in ancient geography the land of the Daci, a subtribe of the Getae, was a large district of Central Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisa (Tisza river, in Hungary), on the east by the Tyras...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dalmatia (2717 words)

	Croatia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Croatia became one of the most powerful kingdoms in the region, but in 1102 the Croatians ended a decade-long dynastic struggle by agreeing to submit themselves to Hungarian authority.
		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.
	www.americancanyon.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Croatia (1258 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com
		Croatia -> History History through the Nineteenth Century A part of the Roman province of Pannonia, Croatia was settled in the 7th cent.
		Croatia is bounded by Slovenia in the northwest, by Hungary in the northeast, by Serbia and Montenegro in the east, by Bosnia and Herceg...
		Croatia -> Government Croatia is a parliamentary democracy with an elected president who appoints a council of ministers and a prime minister.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=%22Croatia%22 (499 words)

	Slavonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Slavonia is a geographical and historical region in eastern Croatia.
		The Revolutions of 1848 changed Slavonia's status to a separate Austrian crownland, but Slavonia and Croatia were joined into the single Croatia-Slavonia autonomous region, which was restored to the Hungarian crown by 1868, though it kept a certain level of self-rule.
		When Croatia declared its independence in 1991, Serbs of Krajina established their own state over portions of eastern and western Slavonia.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slavonia (454 words)

	Property Frontiers \| Croatia : Geogrpahy
		Croatia covers an area of 56,538 square kilometres, stretching 1,778 km along the east coast of the Adriatic Sea (in a narrow coastal band in the south from Dubrovnik to Split).
		The disintegration of Yugoslavia and the Croatian war of independence have had their effects on the demography of Croatia, the main one being a substantial decrease in the Serb minority which was estimated at 11.56% in the 1991 census.
		Croatia's climate is generally moderate but there is considerable difference between the Mediterranean climate of the Dalmatian coast (Split, Dubrovnik etc) and the Central European continental climate characterised by long, dry summers and cold winters in the inland regions (Zagreb, Osijek etc).
	www.propertyfrontiers.com /countries/croatia/geography.html (378 words)

	Croatia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Republic of Croatia is a country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans.
		Habsburg rule eventually did prove to be successful in thwarting the Ottomans, and by the 18th century, much of Croatia was free of Turkish control, while Dalmatia was under Venice.
		Croatia is situated between central, southern and eastern Europe, because it has a rather peculiar shape that resembles a crescent or a horseshoe.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/c/cr/croatia.html (907 words)

	Facts about Croatia: Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It streches in the form of an arc from the Danube in the northeast to Istria in the west and Boka Kotorska in the southeast.
		The importance of the geographical position of the Republic of Croatia is also enhanced by the Adriatic Sea, the northernmost gulf of the Mediterranean which is the closest to the central part of the European continent.
		Lowlands prevail in eastern and northwestern Croatia, while the highest mountains in the mountainous part are found in the area which separates the continental mainland from the Coast (Risnjak 1528m, Velika Kapela 1533m, Pljesivica 1657m) or close to the sea (Ucka 1396m, Velebit 1758m).
	www.hr /hrvatska/geography.en.html (872 words)

	Croatia (08/05)
		Croatia's Supreme Court is the highest court in the republic.
		Croatia is in the midst of pursuing a policy of greater Euro-Atlantic integration.
		Croatia was admitted on May 25, 2000 into the Partnership for Peace program--which was designed by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states in 1994 to strengthen Euro-Atlantic security--and, in May 2002, was welcomed into NATO’s Membership Action Program, a key step toward NATO membership.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3166.htm (2610 words)

	United Press International - Business & Economics - Analysis: Croatia's narrowing spreads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Croatia's (mostly industrial) output per capita was almost as high as Slovenia's in the former Yugoslavia (and a good one third higher than the Federal average).
		Croatia is now one of the Bank's darlings, with $780 million committed and $550 million disbursed (mostly on transportation infrastructure, urban development, and finance-related projects).
		Croatia is also an auxiliary drug smuggling route for both East Asian heroin and South American cocaine, which makes the EU vocally unhappy.
	www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=17122001-121822-8945r (1567 words)

	Croatia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Croatia (in Croatian: Hrvatska) is a small country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans.
		Croatia ruled by the Habsburgs, as a member of the Habsburg Crown (1527-1918, Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867 to 1918), parts of Croatia under Venice, Turkish Ottoman Empire and France,
		Given it's peculiar shape, Croatia includes flat areas in the continental north and northeast (Central Croatia and Slavonia, part of the Pannonian plain), which are connected via a mountainous region (part of the Dinaric Alps) to the coastal regions on the Adriatic Sea (Istria, Northern Seacoast and Dalmatia).
	usapedia.com /c/croatia.html (546 words)

	Croatia Geography
		Croatia is located in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia.
		The terrain of Croatia is geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coast, coastline, and islands.
		Croatia is Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
	www.nationbynation.com /Croatia/Geo.html (58 words)

	EUguides - Croatia - EUbusiness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Croatia's recent history is dominated by the break-up of the former Yugoslavia during the early 1990s.
		Croatia's acceptance into NATO's Membership Action Plan, and signature of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU were key achievements of the post-Tudjman era.
		Although Croatia maintained a degree of autonomy, the country was under the influence of Hungary and – from the 16th century onwards – the Hapsburgs for many centuries, eventually being included in the Hungarian kingdom of the Austro-Hungary monarchy in 1867.
	www.eubusiness.com /guides/croatia/view (693 words)

	Croatia - Gurupedia
		Galicia (in Ukraine and Poland) and settled in present-day Croatia during the 7th century.
		Following World War I and the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Croatia joined the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (which became Yugoslavia in 1929).
		Croatia applied for European Union membership in 2003.
	www.gurupedia.com /c/cr/croatia.htm (830 words)

	Croatia's Narrowing Spreads
		A mass grave was discovered in the east, generals were being indicted by the Hague, the new Yugoslav ambassador apologized for crimes committed against Croats by his compatriots, Bosnian officials coped with a restive Croat population in their patchwork country.
		Croatia's Western-aided transition from heavy and mineral industries into "lighter" tourism and oil processing was successfully completed earlier this year, following a mild recession in 2000.
		Croatia is one of the Bank's darlings, with $780 million committed and $550 million disbursed (mostly on transportation infrastructure, urban development, and finance-related projects).
	samvak.tripod.com /pp101.html (1176 words)

	Croatia
		Croatia is a former Yugoslav republic on the Adriatic Sea.
		The Zagorje region north of the capital, Zagreb, is a land of rolling hills, and the fertile agricultural region of the Pannonian Plain is bordered by the Drava, Danube, and Sava Rivers in the east.
		Croatia, at one time the Roman province of Pannonia, was settled in the 7th century by the Croats.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107439.html (892 words)

	Croatia Geography - Area, Cities, Climate, and Weather (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In the north it is continental, Mediterranean along the coast and a semi-highland and highland climate in the central region.
		Croatia serves as a gateway to eastern Europe.
		Croatia is made up of 20 counties, plus the city of Zagreb and controls 1,185 islands in the Adriatic Sea, 67 of which are inhabited.
	www.factrover.com /geography/Croatia_geography.html (183 words)

	Croatia - Geography (Grades 2-4) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Croatia is situated in Eastern Europe on the west side of the Balkan Peninsula along the Adriatic Sea.
		Croatia's land is divided into three different parts: the Pannonian, Peri-Pannonian, and Adriatic.
		In fact, many consider Croatia's beaches and islands to be as pretty as those found elsewhere along the Mediterranean in Europe.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_Geography_119_1.html (306 words)

	Croatia - Wikitravel
		Croatia is a country in Southern Europe on the east side of the Adriatic Sea, to the east of Italy.
		Croatia's coastal areas are especially stunning, and have the hybrid charm of Eastern European and the Mediterranean.
		Remember Croatia used to be a war scene in the 1990-ies.
	www.wikitravel.org /en/article/Croatia (869 words)

	Croatia Europe - Pictures, Travel Sites and Maps
		Croatia controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits.
		Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998.
		The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I.
	croatia.europe-countries.com (1403 words)

	Croatia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Croatia is situated in the southern part of Central Europe.
		Croatia is stretched archlike from the Danube on the northeast to Boka Kotorska on the far south and it is divided into three major geographic regions:
		In January 1992, Croatia gained international recognition and in May of that same year it was admitted into the United Nations.
	jagor.srce.hr /dptkinfo/hrvatskae.htm (1483 words)

	Croatian genealogy, history, geography, travel, translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		All immigrants who were born before 1919 in what is now Croatia were born in Austria and were citizens of Austria.
		No one knew where Croatia or Dalmatia was but everyone had heard of Austria and Vienna (operas, Mozart, Strauss waltzes, etc.).
		And most of them had left at a very young age and had not received the indoctrination necessary for them to feel the pride of being "Croatian" vs. being "Austrian." So they claimed to be Austrian but they weren't.
	www.croatia-in-english.com /refs-tips/aus.html (246 words)

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		Croatia stretches from the Pannonian Plain in the east to the Adriatic Sea along its southwestern border.
		Croatia also has over 1,000 islands, of which 66 are inhabited.
		The population of Croatia is estimated to be about four and half million.
	www.send.org /croatia/geography.htm (131 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Croatia is bound by Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast and the Adriatic Sea to the west and southwest.
		The Republic of Croatia has an estimated population of 4.835 million people and is a multiparty republic.
		The climate is Mediterranean along the Adriatic coast and a continental climate on the Pannonian Plain which is characterized by extreme heat in summer and subzero temperatures in winter.
	www.col-ed.org /ECHO%202003/Webguides/NJ/GeographyandDemographyCroatia.htm (299 words)

	Croatia - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It is bound by Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast and the Adriatic Sea to the west and southwest.
		CLIMATE: Croatia has two distinct climatic regions with a Mediterranean climate along the Adriatic coast which is characterized by short mild winters and long warm summers while there is a continental climate on the Pannonian Plain which is characterized by extreme heat in summer and subzero temperatures in winter.
		On Jan. 15, 1992 Croatia was officially recognized by the EU followed by the US on Apr. 15, 1992 and Croatia was officially admitted to the UN on May 22, 1992.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/croatia.htm (1500 words)

	Croatia -> Government on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Croatia is a parliamentary democracy with an elected president who appoints a council of ministers and a prime minister.
		Croatia rising from ashes of war and ethnic cleansing.
		CROATIA BY THE SEA Adriatic country relies on beauty of mountains and charm of villages to draw postwar tourists
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/croatia_government.asp (501 words)

	Educational Geography Information -- Croatia
		Croatia is a country with much to know about.
		If you are interested in geography you should also take a look at this educational geography card game for all ages.
		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.
	www.geographycards.com /countryinfo/hr.html (1342 words)

	Chapter 2:GEOGRAPHY
		Croatia resembles an arc, with a long Adriatic coastline forming the western leg, and the land between the rivers Drava and Sava forming the northern leg.
		The Styrian Alps run north to southeast down the northern leg of Croatia, descending to the Hungarian plain in the extreme east at Osijek; much of this land is lower lying than the rest of Croatia and includes areas of marshlands.
		The rivers in western Croatia tend to be small mountain streams.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/call/call_95-13_bhc2geog.htm (227 words)

	Travel guide to Croatia - its geography, climate, regions & towns
		Croatia is made up of five provinces: Slavonia, the furthermost inland, Central Croatia, the largest province, and Istria, Kvarner and Dalmatia, the coastal provinces, which include 1,185 islands on the Adriatic.
		Croatia can also be divided into geographical areas; continental, mountainous and coastal.
		Croatia, for instance, has 8 National parks overflowing with fauna and flora, forests, cascading waterfalls, rivers and deep blue lakes.
	www.dalmatiancoast.com /holidays/about-croatia.html (561 words)

	[Projekat Rastko] - Jovan Ilic - The Balkan Geopolitical Knot and the Serbian Question
		The Serbs were proclaimed national minority by the 1990 Constitution of the Republic of Croatia although they had autonomy in the times of the Military Border as well as the status of a constituent people in 1918 (the formation of the first Yugoslavia) and in 1945 (the formation of the second Yugoslavia).
		The counts for the Republic of Croatia are obtained by subtracting the count lot the Republic of Serb Krajina from the count for the whole former SR of Croatia.
		Dr Jovan Ilić is Professor Emeritus of Economic and Political Geography at the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade.
	www.rastko.org.yu /istorija/srbi-balkan/jilic-knot.html (11549 words)

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