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full country name |
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Republic of Croatia |
| capital |
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Zagreb |
| population |
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4.7 million (as of 2001) |
| surface area |
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56500 sq km |
| currency |
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kuna (KN) |
| exchange rate |
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US$ 1 = KN 7.55 (as of July 2002) |
| language |
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Serbo-Croatian |
| main religion |
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77% Roman Catholic |
| Internet users |
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4.3% (as of 2000) |
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| Four Dead Sheep and Fig Schnapps |
| Our trips with very good old friends to the island of Krk in Croatia entail long car rides back and forth from Austria. Traveling to Krk, the roads get ever smaller and windier the closer we get to ... (more) |
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We visited Croatia twice - first on a weekend in March 2002 and second for a week from June 28th, 2002 to July 6th, 2002. Both times, we drove by car from Austria through Slovenia to the island of Krk in Croatia. The second time, we boarded a comfortable three-cabin catamaran and sailed from Krk to other northern islands of Croatia such as Rab and Premuda.
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