Croatia is the Latinized version of the native name of the country: Hrvatskalisten(helpยทinfo). The letter "r" in the first syllable "hrv" is rolled or continuant.
Area:
total: 56,542 sq km
land: 56,414 sq km
water: 128 sq km Climate:
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast Terrain:
geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands Population:
4,496,869 Languages:
Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) Capital:
Zagreb