INFO ABOUT ISTRIA COUNTY AND CROATIA

Istria, Croatia's westernmost county that includes most of the Istrian peninsula.

In Istria there are more than 206,000 inhabitants or 4.65% of the national population in Croatia. The administrative center of the county is Pazin. It consists of 10 cities and 31 municipalities.
The main feature of Istria is a Mediterranean climate. The climate is changing gradually toward the interior of the peninsula and passes into continental, because cold air coming from the mountains. Length of the coast, together with the islands and islets is 539 kilometers. The coast is well developed with many bays, deeper bays and river mouths. Istria was the meeting place of many nations and their cultures throughout its rich history. Her rich prehistoric sites, ancient Roman monuments, valuable religious heritage, historic towns and rural architecture are just part of the rich cultural heritage and outlines of the remains of the unique history of Terra Magica, how many people call Istria.

Croatia is a European country and is part of the Mediterranean, as it occupies most of the coastline of the Adriatic Sea with the islands. Includes Dinara mountain range, which separates the Mediterranean part from mid-European continental, and part of the Pannonian Basin. The mainland part of the Croatian is 56 594 km2, and the surface of the coastal sea 31,479 km2, and the entire area has 4,290,612 inhabitants. Economic, political and cultural center is the capital city of Zagreb with 792,875 inhabitants. Of 1244 islands and islets, 50 of them are inhabited, and the largest are Cres and Krk. The official currency is the kuna.