Page 18 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Croatia

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Putting Croatia on the Map Judenburg Hartberg Szombathely
Veszprém
Covering an area of 56,594 sq km (21,825 sq miles), Croatia AUSTRIA Graz
has a population of approximately 4,285,000 with an average HUNGARY
of 76 inhabitants per square kilometre. Since the break-up Zalaegerszeg Lake
of the former Yugoslavia, and Croatian independence, the Wolfsberg Balaton
country has been bordered by Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia- Drau
Herzegovina and the two now independent republics of Klagenfurt Maribor
Serbia and Montenegro. It is not a large country, but it has a Slovenj Gradec
wide variety of natural and man-made environments. From Čakovec Nagybajom
a topographical point of view the country is made up of Kranj SLOVENI A Varaždin
three types of terrain. Much is mountainous, with peaks up Celje Nagyatád
to 2,000 m (6,560 ft) high, mostly covered with forest and Krapina Koprivnica
pasture. The vast Pannonian Plain lies between the rivers Ljubljana Krško Ðurđevac Szigetvár
Drava, Sava and the Danube. Coastal Croatia is nearly 600 km Ivančna
(372 miles) long, but over 2,000 km (1,242 miles) long when Gorica Zagreb Bjelovar Virovitica
the indented coastline is taken into account, and twice Postojna Čazma
that when the hundreds of islands are included. Jastrebarsko Ivanić CROA TIA
Grad
Ilirska Bistrica Kočevje Osijek
Koper Daruvar
Karlovac Sisak Erdut
Umag Delnice Kutina Velika Našice
Buje
Rijeka Glina Lipik
Poreč Pazin Kraljevica Dobra Sava Novska Požega Ðakovo Vinkovci Novi Sad
Ogulin Ilok
Plomin Novi Vinodolski Kostajnica Vrpolje
Rovinj Krk Slunj Stara Slavonski Sremska
Krk Gradiška Brod Županja Mitrovica
Vodnjan Bosanskj
Ferrara Cres Baška Senj Novi
Pula Otočac
Cres
Rab Banja Luka Bijeljina Belgrade
Doboj
Šabac
Jablanac Teslić
Bologna Bosanski
Ravenna Novalija Lički Osik Petrovac
Lošinj Karlobag Tuzla SERBIA
Mrkonjić Grad
Pag Zavidovići
Adr iatic Silba
Forli Pag Jajce Travnik
Sea Nin Otrič Zenica Valjevo
Rimini Zadar BOSNIA-HERZEGOVIN A Vlasenica
Benkovac Knin Bugojno
SAN Pesaro Dugi Otok
Bagno MARINO Pašman Sarajevo Sokolac Uzice
di Romagna
Drniš Livno Višegrad
Ancona Šibenik Sinj Gorazde
I TA LY Žirje Konjic
Arezzo Split
Civitanova Marche Trogir Imotski Foča
Corridonia
Mostar
Šolta
Lake Perugia Brač Makarska
Trasimeno Šehovina
Hvar MONTENEGRO
San Benedetto
Ascoli del Tronto Čapljina
Piceno Ploče Metković
Vis Korčula Badija
Neum Bileća
Teramo
Korčula Jasenovo
Lake Terni Polije
Bolsena
Pescara Lastovo Mljet Dubrovnik
L'Aquila
Herceg
Lake Novi
Bracciano
Sulmona
Avezzano
Termoli
Rome Greece,
Egypt Bari
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