Republika Hrvatska

• population: 4.284.889 (2011 Census)

• area: 56.542 km²

• number of islands: 1.246 (67 inhabited!)

• rich history (prehistoric times, Greek/Roman rule, the arrival of Croats in the 7th century, Personal Union with Hungary, Ottomanconquests, Habsburg Monarchy / Austria -Hungary, Croatian National Revival, Kingdomof Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Yugoslavia, independence of Croatia, REPUBLIC OF CROATIA)

• Adriatic Sea, Dalmatia, Istria, Gorski Kotar, Lika, Slavonija, Hrvatsko Zagorje, Hrvatsko Primorje

• 7 national parks, 7 sites in Croatia on theUNESCO World Heritage List

Nikola Tesla, Faust Vrančić, August Šenoa, Ivo Andrić, Slavoljub Penkala, Ivan Vučetić, Ruđer Bošković, Ivan Meštrović, Janica Kostelić, Dražen Petrović, Goran Ivanišević