ZAGREB IN FIGURES 2018 Publisher CITY OF ZAGREB ZAGREB City Office for the Strategic Planning and IN FIGURES Development of the City Sector for Strategic 2018 Information and Research Department of Statistics For the publisher Sanja Jerković, Head of Office Dear citizens of Zagreb! Editors Dear guests of our City! Darko Šiško Vesna Polančec You are holding a statistical publication in which we present facts and figures about our City in an attractive and user- Prepared by friendly way. Nikolina Krndelj Ružica Šaravanja Zagreb is a green city distinguished by its mild climate. More Dubravka Penava than three quarters of the administrative city land consists Matea Janeković of green areas – woods, plains, meadows, parks and nature grounds. We are especially proud of our wooded Medvednica Layout, illustrations Mountain, which holds the status of a nature park, our Sava and prepress River, Maksimir Park and an abundance of other natural Benussi & the Fish assets. The city’s vegetation contributes to the mild climate j.d.o.o., Zagreb marked by warm summers for bathing in the city lakes and by snowy winters for skiing on the city ski slopes. Cartographic maps Zagreb is a vital city. The city’s population is growing Kristina Mudronja moderately and has already exceeded the figure of 800 000 inhabitants, which is primarily due to the positive migration Language editing balance. An increase in marriages has also been recorded Integra d.o.o., Zagreb in the last several years, and the most frequent names for newborns in 2016 were Mia and Luka. The number of Print run children who attend city kindergartens is growing steadily, 2 000 copies and the vitality of the city is also enhanced by more than 70 000 students enrolled in our higher education institutions. Press Kershoffset Zagreb d. o. o. Zagreb is a city of culture. A noticeable rise in visits to city theatres, museums, galleries and collections has seen attendance growing exponentially. City museums, for example, with a total of 700 000 visitors, have realized an increase of almost 50% in the last several years. The Zagreb Zoo, thanks to substantial investments in boosting the number of animal species and architectural design and landscaping, has recorded increasing numbers of visitors. Zagreb is an attractive city. The number of tourists visiting has gone up by double-digit rates, resulting in 2.3 million realized tourist nights in 2017 in over a hundred hotels and hostels, as well as in ample private accommodation establishments. Over 80% of nights were realized by foreign tourists, with the largest number of tourists coming from the USA, the Republic of Korea, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. Zagreb, December 2018 We hope that the information in this publication will bring Zagreb closer to you as an attractive destination for your When downloading and business, vacation, education and lifestyle. publishing the data contained herein, please indicate the source as follows: Sanja Jerković, M. Arch Zagreb in Figures 2018, or Head of the City Office for the Strategic abbreviated: the “ZIF 2018”. Planning and Development of the City 4 ZAGREB IN FIGURES 2018 °C
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Computing Service Employment product GDP GZ COSPDC CO CEFTA CBS DHMZ EFTA FER EU HZZ m m meter mln d.o.o km km ha h hour
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kilometer 2 million
Croatian Croatian
Croatian Croatian
Planning and the Strategic for Office City City Office City Development of Free Trade Trade Free Central European square kilometer square the City Croatian BureauofCroatian Celsius degree square meter European Free company (LLC) limited liability limited liability Hydrological Service Meteorological and Faculty of Electrical European Union Engineering and Trade Association gross domestic hectare City of Zagreb of City
‘000 TVZ % percentage Interior Airport SYMBOLS Energy
Countries center 1) ZH ZET ZOO SRC SLJGZ OPEC MZLZ MUP MZOE NSK PMF mm ppl/ha
millimeter
Ministry ofMinistry the Zagreb International footnote mark Ministry of Ministry University Library National and Environment and in Zagreb Zagreb in of the City of Zagreb of City the of Yearbook Statistical hectare per people Petroleum Exporting the of Organization Zagreb Electric Tram Electric Zagreb Sciences Applied of Zagreb University andSports recreation Faculty of Science thousand Zagreb Holding Zagreb Zoo Zagreb
CONTENTS POPULATION DATA . CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHICAL CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT TRANSPORT EDUCATION POLITICS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ECONOMY ...... 23 22 10 17 19 15
6 ZAGREB IN FIGURES 2018 FIGURES IN ZAGREB 5 6 ZAGREB IN FIGURES 2018 HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL SEA ABOVE HEIGHT DATA CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHICAL Department for Spatial Information and Research and Information Spatial for Department SOURCE: SOURCE: 4.7% of the total population of of population total the of 4.7% Smalle Donji Grad area of 0.5% of the City’s total total City’s the of 0.5% of area surface surface area. the City of Zagreb lives on an an on lives Zagreb of City the BY: COSPDC, DATA PROCESSED activities; Geodetic and Cadastre for CO PMF, Department of Geography of PMF, Department s t city di 301.6 ha 301.6 ha s trict
of area Total surface
Sesvete settlements: of Number assemblies city of Number districts: city of Number districts: City in area of 25.8% of the City’s total total City’s the of 25.8% of area 64 131.8 ha, or 131.8 or 64 ha, the City of Zagreb: of City the surface surface area. L 641.32 641.32 8.9% of the total population of of population total the of 8.9% the City of Zagreb lives on an an on lives Zagreb of City the arge s t city di t city
ha 16 524.5 km s 218 trict 1 035 1 035 122 158 Zrinjevac Grič Sljeme 2 70 17 m m m 53% 75.3 Spatial Information and Research and Information Spatial SOURCE: Zagreb of City SOURCE: GREEN AREAS GREEN USE LAND EXISTING ASSETS NATURAL Green areas Green 75.3% 823.56 ha 823.56 7 special nature reserves reserves nature 7 special 3 distinctive landscapes Maksimir Park 202.91 ha ha 202.91 773.12 ha of forest vegetation within within vegetation forest of Medvednica Nature Park Park Nature Medvednica MZOE COSPDC, Department for for Department COSPDC, BY: DATA 2012; PROCESSED Atlas, Urban Brezovica the total surface surface total the Largest share in in share Largest area of the city city the of area district on areas green 92.5%
(total length 945 km) 945 length (total 29 km 29 Sava River Sava ha) 17 938 area surface (total Medvednica Medvednica Nature Park 8 438.13 ha North — Trešnjevka Smallest share in in share Smallest total surface area area surface total of the city district city the of green areas on the the on areas green
10% 21.0 Constructed areas 3.6%
Transport . % 3.7 ZAGREB IN FIGURES 2018 FIGURES IN ZAGREB 7 8 ZAGREB IN FIGURES 2018 Air temperature in 2017 in temperature Air TEMPERATURE AIR SOURCE: C 37.6°C 4 August Monthly mean air temperature data in 2017 in data temperature air mean Monthly –2016 2007 data, temperature air mean Monthly 2017 COSPDC, Department of Statistics of Department COSPDC, BY: DATA PROCESSED DHMZ; - 10.2°C - September 2017. in 236.1 mm was 10 years last the in recorded amount precipitation Highest hours. 324 to amounted and July in recorded 2017 in was hours sunshine of number Highest mm. 888.5 to amounted precipitation and hours sunshine 2276 were 2017In there 1950. in 40.3°C was recorded ever temperature Highest 11 January 11 January 2017 Historical air temperature data temperature air Historical 40.3°C 5 July 1950 - 22.2°C - 24 January 1942 SUNSHINE DURATIONSUNSHINE SOURCE: PRECIPITATION from long-term percentage 2007 – 2016, % –2016, 2007 percentage long-term from 2017 in precipitation monthly of Deviations mm mm h Precipitation amounts by months in 2017 in months by amounts Precipitation –2016 2007 amounts, precipitation mean Monthly - 47 Total number of sunshine hours in 2017, in months by hours sunshine of Total number hours –2016, 2007 duration, sunshine mean Monthly COSPDC, Department of Statistics of Department COSPDC, BY: DATA PROCESSED DHMZ; - 33 - 73 + 6 - 57 - 2 - 27 - 30 + 118 + - 23 + 33 + 68 +