Country Studies Croatia

Geography
land area:	56.542 km²
sea area:	31.067 km²
Coastline with islands:	5-835 km
Islands, rocks and reefs:	approx. 1.200
size cities
Zagreb:	790.000 residents
Split:	178.200 residents
Rijeka:	128.400 residents
Osijek:	108.000 residents
Population
Total:	4,3 million inhabitants
Bevolkerungsdichte:	75,8 / km²
Language:	Kroatisch
government
Parliamentary democracy	Constitution 1990 with presidential system; Conversion to a purely parliamentary system after constitutional reform in 2000
administrative units
counties:	21 (including City of Zagreb)
Cities:	112
Municipalities:	424
settlements:	6.767
State powers
Executive:	President (Head of State), Prime Minister (Head of Government) and Council of Ministers (Cabinet)
Legislative branch:	MPs in unicameral system (Sabor)
judiciary:	Three branches of the court
Features
President:	Directly elected, 5-year term, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
Prime minister:	Political accountability only to Parliament (Sabor).
Members of Parliament:	Elected for legislative periods
Other
Important economic sectors:	Agriculture, food, textiles, wood, metal processing, chemicals, petroleum, electrical engineering, shipbuilding, shipping, tourism
Important raw materials:	Petroleum, bauxite, iron, calcium, natural asphalt, mica, clay, salt, hydroelectric power