3. •
Geography
Hungary ( Northeast)
• Croatia (Center)
• Slovenia (Northwest)
• Bosnia Herzegovina
(East)
• Montenegro
• (Southeast)
4. Geography
The flag is make for three colours in horizontal
( red,withe and and blue) and in the center has
got the shield of the Republic of Croatia
The width of the flag is exactly twice the height.
Those three colours after the French revolution
meant freedom
At the bottom there is a figure with 25 squares mean re
At the top is a crown made up of five shields representin
5. Geografía
Croatia has got 1,778 km excluding islands with islands are 5,790 km
Croatia has got 1,185 islands.
Of which 66 are inhabited and other uninhabited
Croatia has 7 national parks including the most visited is the Plitvice Lakes
6. Islas y parques naturales
These are the national park of Karka and Pletvice lakes
These are some islands of Croatia
8. History
The Croats are a Slavic people, Dinaric, there were mixed with other Slavic peoples
acquired their language and customs.
Later, they returned to emigrate and settled in the historic Croatia (Zagreb and its
surroundings) during the seventh century.
From the ninth century, Croatia became one of the most powerful kingdoms in the
region, successfully fighting Avars, Bulgars and Magyars or Hungarians.
In 1102, following a nuptial union, Croats became part of Hungary. Istria and
Dalmatia remained under the dominion of the Venetian Republic, in contrast to the
small but powerful pearl of the Adriatic, the Republic of Ragusa (now Dubrovnik).
In 1868, Croatia and Dalmatia were a great national autonomy, each having its Sabor
or Parliament, while the region remained under Habsburg Croatian Hungarian
authority, Dalmatia and Istria were under the direct leadership of Austria.
After the First World War and the collapse of Austria-Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia and
Istria with became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (which became
in 1929 in Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Republic in 1944).
On October 29, 1918, the Croatian Sabor (parliament) declared its independence
and sovereignty expressed his desire not to enter the new State of Slovenes, Croats
and Serbs
9. History
Yugoslavia was invaded by Germany during World War II and Croatia was converted in
the Independent State of Croatia. After the defeat of the Axis forces, Croatia rejoined
again in Yugoslavia became a federal socialist state under the leadership of Josip Broz
Tito.
When Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, Serb inhabitants
refuse to endorse the secession of the Yugoslav Federal Republic and supported by the
Yugoslav federal army, become independent Croatia and the Serbian Republic of Krajina
in the territory of that region.
After four years of sporadic fighting, the Croatian government manages to dislodge a
large part of Serbian forces stationed in Krajina during Operation Storm, which brought
the forced exodus of over 350,000 Serbs from the area, as pointed out by the Criminal
Court for the former Yugoslavia on April 15, 2011.
The recovery by the Croatian government of Eastern Slavonia was carried out peacefully
and through negotiation with Belgrade in 1998 under the supervision of the United
Nations Organization (UNO).
Croatia applied for EU entry in 2003, got to be the official candidate on 18 June 2004,
negotiations began on 3 October 2005 and accepted his candidacy on December 9, 2011
to enter formally on 1 July 2013.
10. Ciudades más importantes
The most important cities of croatia
are Dubrovnik and Zagreb
Then there were others lesser-
known citiesas Split,Pula and Zadar
And for last others cities less only
known for its tourism: Rijeka,
Trogir, Rovinj, Hvar, Korcula, etc
11. Zagreb
It’s the capital of Croatia and it’s the
biggest city of Croatia
It has got 805,000 people
In it is the croatian governor
The most beatiful of the city is his
cathedral, the church of Sant
marcos and the square of Josip
Jelacic
And then other important
monuments but less as the
miraculous stone door and the
botanical garden
13. Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is one of the turistic
centers of croatiaCroacia
Dubrovnik has got 43,000
people
The most characteristic of this
city is that the old town is on
a peninsula walled with
narrow streets and a small
medieval port
For its surroundings and
summer villages with
beautiful beaches and
islands
15. Split
Split is one of the cities most powerful economic and tourism but also has
For passenger cars is known to be a Roman Emperor Diocletian
On the economy is known for its port
16. Zadar y Pula
Pula and Zadar are capitals of their respective communities and are k
