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Hrvatska zastava Croatian flag Hrvatski grb

The Cat of Arms of the

Republic of

Colours of the Croatian Flag are:

red crvena white bijela blue plava

Hrvatska

-1- Jasna Kellner Hrvat/Hrvatica (hrvatsko)

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-2- Jasna Kellner From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia CROATIA 1. The Republic of Croatia (the official name) is located in Europe. It borders with Slovenia to the West, Hungry to the north, to the East and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the South. The capital city is , population 790,000. Other larger cities are: Split (178,000) (128,314; Osijek (83,104); (71,471) (57,460) Other commonly known cities are: Vukovar, Karlovac, Šibenik , Makarska, The most known regions are Slavonia, Croatian Uplands Zagorje, , and .

2. Croatian population is around 4,260,000. It is estimated that there are as many Croatians living outside Croatia as there are in Croatia. Croats arrived in the area during the 7th century and founded the kingdom of Croatia, which retained sovereignty for almost 200 years.

3. The official language is called Croatian.

4. Croatian money is called Kuna = 1 kuna equals to 100 lipas.

5. The majority of the population living in Croatia are the Croatians, around 90%. The majority of the Croatians are Roman Catholics.

6 The Croatian alphabet has 30 letters. Latin alphabet is used to write. The extra letters are: Č,Ć DŽ, Đ, LJ, NJ, Š, Ž Q,W,X,Y are not used in the Croatian alphabet.

7. The sea in Croatia is called The . Major rivers are: ; ; ;

8. Croatia has 1,185 islands. Only 66 islands are un- inhibited by people.

9. The "necktie" is invented by the Croatians. In 17th century Croatian soldiers wore a scarf, French called it LA CROATE

10. The most common greeting is "Bog" meaning God. -3-

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The most known Croatian historical regions are Dalmatia, lying along most of the Adriatic coast with its islands, Slavonia, bordered by the Drava, Danube and Sava rivers, and Istria, the main peninsula in the northern Adriatic.

Primorje

Lika

The great national writer Miroslav Krleža (1893-1981) said that the colours represent the three symbols of Croatian history and people: RED - blood of Croatian martyrs, Croatian peaceful lamb like nature, BLUE - Croatian devotion to God. -4- Jasna Kellner Match the English words on the left with the Croatian words on the right, and write them in the blank boxes below.

blue bijela

Coat of arms Bog costumes selo

Croatia Dalmacija

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City nošnja red otok river plava sea rijeka white zastava village crvena -5- Jasna Kellner Find the words on the left side of the page in the word search puzzle below and circle them. bijela Bog F Č K R U Š R A U R C G R A D G Z H D S N B crvena O Z A S T A V A H A G U D Z K H A Ž V Đ O U Dalmacija U A S D DŽ G H J M N O Š NJ A A E G G E G D M grb R D S A A V O NJ I J A A N R NJ C R A I V E N Hrvati H LJ S L A V O N I J A E R O NJ I E S E R O M Hrvatska R H J M NJ N M LJ V I Đ I V K Ć M B K F A V A grad V H A A U C R V E N A N Z Š H I P A Č A DŽ A Lika A V C C A C M N C G F P A K R L E J P O P T more T M Ć I C R E NJ O L B A G G I Z R I LJ B L S nošnja S Ž Z H R V A T I B A S O B J L Č C A A A l otok K l Z K O O R N Z U A E R S E U K A V O V L plava A P N O J Đ I H Z G L M J LJ K F B M A M A G rijeka R I I N Z D S E D V E I E E A T NJ L U B E T Slavonija Č L B T O T Z S O T J N B E T H H A O T O K Zagorje Z R Ć S D E R E V F I R I Š J G R D T O Ć I Zagreb G I H N R E A R E P B E D A L M A C U J A D zastava

-6- Jasna Kellner -7- Jasna Kellner Homework:

What region of Croatia does your family come from?

1. My mom's family comes form .

2. My dad's family comes from .

Does your family come from the city or a village?

3. My mom's family comes from .

4. My dad's family comes from .

On the above map, indicate where the region and the place your parents come from are located. Below is a list of Croatians islands. Croatian islands

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Jasna Kellner From Wikipedia, the free Croatian Islands, size and population encyclopedia

# Island Area (km2) Population County Population 1 405.7 3,184 Primorje-Gorski Kotar 12 Cres 2 405.22 17,860 Primorje-Gorski Kotar 1 Krk 3 Brač 395.44 14,031 Split-Dalmatia 3 Brač 4 297.38 11,103 Split-Dalmatia 4 Hvar 5 284.18 8,398 Lika-Senj / Zadar 6 Pag 6 Korčula 271.47 16,182 Dubrovnik- 2 Korčula 7 113.3 1,772 Zadar 14 Dugi otok 8 98.02 1,111 Dubrovnik-Neretva 17 Mljet 9 89.72 3,617 Split-Dalmatia 11 Vis 10 86.16 9,480 Primorje-Gorski Kotar 5 Rab 11 Pašman 60.11 2,711 Zadar 13 Pašman 12 Šolta 58.18 1,479 Split-Dalmatia 16 Šolta 13 Lošinj 74 7,771 Primorje-Gorski Kotar 7 Lošinj 14 51.05 6,182 Zadar 8 Ugljan 15 40.82 835 Dubrovnik-Neretva 18 Lastovo 16 32.44 7 Šibenik-Knin 26 Kornat 17 Čiovo 28.13 4,455 Split-Damatia 10 Čiovo 18 26.14 147 Zadar 22 Olib 19 22.18 207 Zadar 21 Molat 20 22.08 1,608 Zadar 15 Vir 21 Mali Lošinj 21.79 N/A Primorje-Gorski Kotar 0 Mali Lošinj 22 17.58 5,060 Šibenik-Knin 9 Murter 23 16.88 90 Primorje-Gorski Kotar 24 Unije 24 Iž 16.51 557 Zadar 19 Iž 25 Šipan 16.22 436 Dubrovnik-Neretva 20 Šipan 26 15.12 48 Zadar 25 Sestrunj 27 Žirje 15.08 124 Šibenik-Knin 23 Žirje 28 Žut 14.83 0 Šibenik-Knin 0 Žut

Jasna Kellner # Island Area (km2) Population County Population

29 14.27 265 Zadar

30 Prvić (Krk) 12.76 0 Primorje-Gorski Kotar

31 Drvenik Veliki 11.7 168 Split-Dalmatia

32 9.73 202 Zadar

33 8.67 58 Zadar

34 8.64 0 Primorje-Gorski Kotar

35 8.5 0 Zadar

36 Šćedro 8.37 0 Split-Dalmatia

37 8.05 276 Šibenik-Knin

38 7.12 143 Šibenik-Knin

39 6.38 0 Primorje-Gorski Kotar

40 Biševo 5.92 19 Split-Dalmatia

41 5.72 0 Istria

42 5.5 104 Primorje-Gorski Kotar

43 5.28 0 Split-Dalmatia

44 4.61 0 Primorje-Gorski Kotar

45 4.54 0 Primorje-Gorski Kotar

46 4.38 269 Dubrovnik-Neretva

47 4.19 0 Split-Dalmatia

48 4.18 48 Zadar

49 Sušac 4.03 0 Dubrovnik-Neretva

50 Škarda 3.78 0 Zadar

51 3.77 188 Primorje-Gorski Kotar

52 3.63 98 Zadar

53 3.62 22 Zadar

54 3.43 54 Split-Dalmatia

55 3.39 0 Šibenik-Knin

56 3.3 0 Šibenik-Knin Jasna Kellner # Island Area (km2) Population County Population

57 3.07 0 Dubrovnik-Neretva

58 Prežba 2.8 0 Dubrovnik-Neretva

59 2.78 0

60 Piškera 2.67 0 Zadar

61 Zeča 2.55 0

62 Koločep 2.44 294 Dubrovnik-Neretva

63 Prvić (Šibenik) 2.41 453

64 2.32 242

65 2.27 0

66 2.21 0

67 Škrda 2.05 0

68 1.84 0

69 1.78 0

70 1.77 0

71 1.74 0

72 Mrčara 1.45 0 Dubrovnik-Neretva

73 Arta Velika 1.28 0 Šibenik-Knin

74 1.18 8

75 1.13 0

76 1.09 0

77 1.07 0

78 1.06 0

79 1.05 0

Jasna Kellner Croatian cities and population

City- Rank City County Urban population governed population

1 Zagreb City of Zagreb 688,163 790,017

2 Split Split-Dalmatia 167,121 178,102

3 Rijeka Primorje-Gorski Kotar 128,314 128,624

4 Osijek Osijek-Baranja 83,104 108,048

5 Zadar Zadar 71,471 75,082

6 Pula Istria 57,460 57,460

7 Slavonski Brod Brod-Posavina 53,531 59,143

8 Karlovac Karlovac 46,833 55,705

9 Varaždin Varaždin 38,839 46,946

10 Šibenik Šibenik-Knin 34,302 46,332

11 Sisak Sisak-Moslavina 33,332 47,768

12 Vinkovci Vukovar-Syrmia 32,032 35,312

13 Velika Gorica Zagreb 31,553 63,517

14 Dubrovnik Dubrovnik-Neretva 28,434 42,615

15 Bjelovar Bjelovar-Bilogora 27,024 40,276

16 Vukovar Vukovar-Syrmia 26,486 27,683

17 Koprivnica Koprivnica-Križevci 23,955 30,854

18 Solin Split-Dalmatia 20,212 23,926

19 Zaprešić Zagreb 19,644 25,226

20 Požega Požega-Slavonia 19,506 26,248

Jasna Kellner Rivers longer than 50 km in Croatia

Length within Total length River Drains into Located Croatia (km) (km)

1 Sava 562 945 Danube 2 Drava 505 749 Danube 3 296 296 Sava north-west Croatia 4 Danube 188 2860 Black Sea 5 151 186 Sava eastern Croatia 6 134 134 Kupa central Croatia and west Bosnia and Herzegovina. 7 133 133 Drava northern Croatia, 8 -Trebež 133 133 Sava river in central Croatia 9 Česma 124 124 Lonja-Trebež in central Croatia, 10 120 212 Sava Lika and northern Dalmatia, 11 112 112 Danube 12 104 104 Kupa 13 101 101 Adriatic Sea Southern Dalmatia 14 100 100 Kupa 15 Karašica 91 91 Drava 16 89 92 Sava 17 89 89 Sava 18 85 85 Lonja-Trebež 19 83 83 Kupa 20 Lika 78 78 dryes up 21 75 75 Sava 22 73 73 Adriatic Sea Dalmatia region, 23 72 72 Lonja-Trebež 24 69 69 Sava 25 69 69 Adriatic Sea Lika and northern Dalmatia, 26 Mura 67 483 Drava 27 (river) 65 65 Drava 28 Mrežnica 63 63 Korana 29 Glogovnica 61 61 Česma 30 Kupčina 56 56 Kupa 31 53 53 Adriatic Sea Istria,

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Estimated Croatian population in Canada in 2011 National Household Survey: Toatal 114,880

Ontario 74,020 This figure is a gross undercount.

B.C. 19,855

Alberta 10,060

It is believed that the Croatians origin is from Iran or the Middle Persia, but it's just on of few theories.

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