CroatiaCroatiaMiguel Telenti MenéndezInés Hevia Arias

Name and capital Name and capital

•Name: Croatia•Capital: Zagreb

Year of entry in the EUYear of entry in the EU

•Croatia is a candidate country•It is going to entry in the EU in 2013.

Political systemPolitical system

•Croatia is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic.•The parliament is a unicameral legislative body.•The number of Sabor members can vary from 100 to 160; they are all elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms.

Political systemPolitical system

•The President of the Republic is the head of state, directly elected to a five-year term and is limited by the Constitution to a maximum of two terms.

•The government is headed by the prime minister, who has two deputy prime ministers and 16 ministers in charge of particular sectors of activity

Political partiesPolitical parties

•The Social Democratic Party is the political party of Croatia's largest left. It has won the last elections.

•Democratic Union is the main political party center-right in Croatia.

Total area Total area • Area total:56,594 km2• 1778 km of coastline • 1,185 islands

PopulationPopulation

• 4,453,500 habitants• Life expectancy is 74.9 years

CurrencyCurrency• The national currency is the kuna in Croatia

Official languages Official languages • The official and common language is Croatian• Slavic language family of South Slavic

languages , which uses the Latin alphabet.

Typical food and drinkTypical food and drink

TraditionsTraditions

• Saint Blaise•

• Zvončari

• Za krizan

Music and anthemMusic and anthem•Ganga is a type of singing which is characterized by a lone singer singing one line of lyrics and then others joining in for what can be best described as a wail. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyfuKp_D1i8•The klapa music is a form of a cappella singinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vjtKKDWXmk•Tamburica music is a form of folk music that involves these and related string instrumentshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY7oGtn7Utg•The gusle music is played on this traditional string instrument. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi1EVEVdf-o•Diple is a traditional woodwind musical instrument in Croatian music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiBo59Cd5b0

AnthemAnthem• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjqgLZ7fZY4

Geographical features Geographical features • Croatia is located in northeastern shore of the

Adriatic Sea• It borders Slovenia and Hungary to the north,

with Serbia to the northeast, the southeast corner Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and south and east

WeatherWeather

• Most of Croatia has a moderately warm and rainy continental climate

• −3 °C in January) and 18 °C in July• Precipitation: 600 millimetres-3,500 millimetres

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