The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

73.6 years

       male:

       70.14 years

       female:

       77.26 years (1994 est.)

       Total fertility rate:

       1.65 children born/woman (1994 est.)

       Nationality:

       noun:

       Croat(s)

       adjective:

       Croatian

       Ethnic divisions:

       Croat 78%, Serb 12%, Muslim 0.9%, Hungarian 0.5%, Slovenian 0.5%,

       others 8.1%

       Religions:

       Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Slavic Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%,

       others and unknown 10.8%

       Languages:

       Serbo-Croatian 96%, other 4%

       Literacy:

       total population:

       NA%

       male:

       NA%

       female:

       NA%

       Labor force:

       1,509,489

       by occupation:

       industry and mining 37%, agriculture 16% (1981 est.), government NA%,

       other

      @Croatia, Government

      Names:

       conventional long form:

       Republic of Croatia

       conventional short form:

       Croatia

       local long form:

       Republika Hrvatska

       local short form:

       Hrvatska

       Digraph:

       HR

       Type:

       parliamentary democracy

       Capital:

       Zagreb

       Administrative divisions:

       21 counties (zupanijas, zupanija - singular): Bjelovar-Bilogora, City

       of Zagreb, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Istra, Karlovac, Koprivnica-Krizevci,

       Krapina-Zagorje, Lika-Senj, Medimurje, Osijek-Baranja,

       Pozega-Slavonija, Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Sibenik, Sisak-Moslavina,

       Slavonski Brod-Posavina, Split-Dalmatia, Varazdin,

       Virovitica-Podravina, Vukovar-Srijem, Zadar-Knin, Zagreb

       Independence:

       NA June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)

       National holiday:

       Statehood Day, 30 May (1990)

       Constitution:

       adopted on 2 December 1990

       Legal system:

       based on civil law system

       Suffrage:

       16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal

       Executive branch:

       chief of state:

       President Franjo TUDJMAN (since 30 May 1990); election last held 4

       August 1992 (next to be held NA 1995); Franjo TUDJMAN reelected with

       about 56% of the vote; his opponent Dobroslav PARAGA got 5% of the

       vote

       head of government:

       Prime Minister Nikica VALENTIC (since 3 April 1993); Deputy Prime

       Ministers Mato GRANIC (since 8 September 1992), Ivica KOSTOVIC (since

       NA), Vladimir SEKS (since September 1992), Borislav SKEGRO (since NA)

       cabinet:

       Council of Ministers; appointed by the president

       Legislative branch:

       bicameral parliament Assembly (Sabor)

       House of Districts (Zupanije Dom):

       elections last held 7 and 21 February 1993 (next to be held NA

       February 1997); seats - (68 total; 63 elected, 5 presidentially

       appointed) HDZ 37, HSLS 16, HSS 5, Istrian Democratic Assembly 3,

       SPH-SDP 1, HNS 1

       House of Representatives (Predstavnicke Dom):

       elections last held 2 August 1992 (next to be held NA August 1996);

       seats - (138 total) HDZ 85, HSLS 14, SPH-SDP 11, HNS 6, Dalmatian

       Action/Istrian Democratic Assembly/ Rijeka Democratic Alliance

       coalition 6, HSP 5, HSS 3, SNS 3, independents 5

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court, Constitutional Court

       Political parties and leaders:

       Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), Stjepan MESIC, chairman of the

       executive council; Croatian People's Party (HNS), Savka

       DABCEVIC-KUCAR, president; Serbian People's Party (SNS), Milan DUKIC;

       Croatian Party of Rights (HSP), leader NA; Croatian Social Liberal

       Party (HSLS), Drazen BUDISA, president; Croatian Peasant Party (HSS),

       leader NA; Dalmatian Action/Istrian Democratic Assembly/Rijecka

       Democratic Alliance coalition; Social Democratic Party of

       Croatia-Party of Democratic Changes (SPH-SDP), Ivica RACAN

       Other political or pressure groups:

       NA

       Member of:

       CE (guest), CEI, CSCE, ECE, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO,

       INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM

       (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO

       Diplomatic representation in US:

       chief of mission:

       Ambassador Petr A. SARCEVIC

       chancery:

       (temporary) 236 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002

       telephone:

       (202) 543–5580

       US diplomatic representation:

       chief of mission:

       Ambassador Peter W. GALBRAITH

       embassy:

       Andrije Hebranga 2, Zagreb

       mailing address:

       US Embassy, Zagreb, Unit 1345, APO AE 09213–1345

       telephone:

       [385] (41) 444–800

       FAX:

       [385] (41) 45 85 85

       Flag:

       red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms (red

       and white checkered)

      @Croatia, Economy

      Overview: Before the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the republic of Croatia, after Slovenia, was the most prosperous and industrialized area, with a per capita output roughly comparable to that of Portugal and perhaps one-third above the Yugoslav average. At present, Croatian Serb Nationalists control approximately one-third of the Croatian territory, and one of the overriding determinants of Croatia's long-term political and economic prospects will be the resolution of this territorial dispute. Croatia faces monumental