Croatia

1 videos • 0 views • by Easy Trips Croatia, a country located in the northwestern part of the Balkan Peninsula. It is a small yet highly geographically diverse crescent-shaped country. Its capital is Zagreb, located in the north. Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia The walled old city of Dubrovnik, Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea. Croatia See article: flag of Croatia Audio File: National anthem of Croatia See all media Head Of Government: Prime Minister: Andrej Plenković Capital: Zagreb Population: (2024 est.) 3,696,000 Currency Exchange Rate: 1 USD equals 0.937 euro Head Of State: President: Zoran Milanović See all facts & stats → The present-day republic is composed of the historically Croatian regions of Croatia-Slavonia (located in the upper arm of the country), Istria (centred on the Istrian Peninsula on the northern Adriatic coast), and Dalmatia (corresponding to the coastal strip). Although these regions were ruled for centuries by various foreign powers, they remained firmly Western-oriented in culture, acquiring a legacy of Roman law, the Latin alphabet, and western European political and economic traditions and institutions. A part of Yugoslavia for much of the 20th century, Croatia suffered considerably from the disintegration of that federation in the early 1990s. The European trajectory of Croatia was finally realized in 2013 when it joined the European Union; in 2023 Croatia adopted the euro as its currency.