area: 35,431 miles (56,691 km)

area of territorial water: 18,274 miles (31,067 km)

number of islands: 1,185, of which 66 are inhabited

length of coast, (incl. islands): 3432 miles (5,835 km)

capital: Zagreb

National Parks

Brijuni, Kornati, Krka, Mljet, Paklenica, Plitvice Lakes, Risnjak, North Velebit

Unesco protected monuments

Dubrovnik, Diocletian's palace in Split, Plitvice Lakes, Euphrasian Basilica, Old centre of Trogir