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Hrvatska zastava Croatian flag Hrvatski grb
The Cat of Arms of the
Republic of Croatia
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, Serbia to the East and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the South. The capital city is Zagreb, population 790,000. Other larger cities are: Split (178,000) Rijeka (128,314; Osijek (83,104); Zadar (71,471) Pula (57,460) Other commonly known cities are: Vukovar, Karlovac, Šibenik Dubrovnik, Makarska, The most known regions are Slavonia, Croatian Uplands Zagorje, Lika, Istria and Dalmatia.
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 Adriatic sea. Major rivers are: Sava; Drava; Danube;
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-
Jasna Kellner From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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.
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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
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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 Cres 405.7 3,184 Primorje-Gorski Kotar 12 Cres 2 Krk 405.22 17,860 Primorje-Gorski Kotar 1 Krk 3 Brač 395.44 14,031 Split-Dalmatia 3 Brač 4 Hvar 297.38 11,103 Split-Dalmatia 4 Hvar 5 Pag 284.18 8,398 Lika-Senj / Zadar 6 Pag 6 Korčula 271.47 16,182 Dubrovnik-Neretva 2 Korčula 7 Dugi otok 113.3 1,772 Zadar 14 Dugi otok 8 Mljet 98.02 1,111 Dubrovnik-Neretva 17 Mljet 9 Vis 89.72 3,617 Split-Dalmatia 11 Vis 10 Rab 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 Ugljan 51.05 6,182 Zadar 8 Ugljan 15 Lastovo 40.82 835 Dubrovnik-Neretva 18 Lastovo 16 Kornat 32.44 7 Šibenik-Knin 26 Kornat 17 Čiovo 28.13 4,455 Split-Damatia 10 Čiovo 18 Olib 26.14 147 Zadar 22 Olib 19 Molat 22.18 207 Zadar 21 Molat 20 Vir 22.08 1,608 Zadar 15 Vir 21 Mali Lošinj 21.79 N/A Primorje-Gorski Kotar 0 Mali Lošinj 22 Murter 17.58 5,060 Šibenik-Knin 9 Murter 23 Unije 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 Sestrunj 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 Silba 14.27 265 Zadar
30 Prvić (Krk) 12.76 0 Primorje-Gorski Kotar
31 Drvenik Veliki 11.7 168 Split-Dalmatia
32 Ist 9.73 202 Zadar
33 Premuda 8.67 58 Zadar
34 Plavnik 8.64 0 Primorje-Gorski Kotar
35 Maun 8.5 0 Zadar
36 Šćedro 8.37 0 Split-Dalmatia
37 Zlarin 8.05 276 Šibenik-Knin
38 Kaprije 7.12 143 Šibenik-Knin
39 Sveti Grgur 6.38 0 Primorje-Gorski Kotar
40 Biševo 5.92 19 Split-Dalmatia
41 Veliki Brijun 5.72 0 Istria
42 Ilovik 5.5 104 Primorje-Gorski Kotar
43 Sveti Klement 5.28 0 Split-Dalmatia
44 Dolin 4.61 0 Primorje-Gorski Kotar
45 Goli otok 4.54 0 Primorje-Gorski Kotar
46 Lopud 4.38 269 Dubrovnik-Neretva
47 Svetac 4.19 0 Split-Dalmatia
48 Zverinac 4.18 48 Zadar
49 Sušac 4.03 0 Dubrovnik-Neretva
50 Škarda 3.78 0 Zadar
51 Susak 3.77 188 Primorje-Gorski Kotar
52 Rava 3.63 98 Zadar
53 Rivanj 3.62 22 Zadar
54 Drvenik Mali 3.43 54 Split-Dalmatia
55 Kakan 3.39 0 Šibenik-Knin
56 Zmajan 3.3 0 Šibenik-Knin Jasna Kellner # Island Area (km2) Population County Population
57 Jakljan 3.07 0 Dubrovnik-Neretva
58 Prežba 2.8 0 Dubrovnik-Neretva
59 Tijat 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 Vrgada 2.32 242
65 Lavdara 2.27 0
66 Tun Veli 2.21 0
67 Škrda 2.05 0
68 Levrnaka 1.84 0
69 Lavsa 1.78 0
70 Sit 1.77 0
71 Kurba Vela 1.74 0
72 Mrčara 1.45 0 Dubrovnik-Neretva
73 Arta Velika 1.28 0 Šibenik-Knin
74 Vele Srakane 1.18 8
75 Katina 1.13 0
76 Planik 1.09 0
77 Mali Brijun 1.07 0
78 Vele Orjule 1.06 0
79 Smokvica Vela 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 Kupa 296 296 Sava north-west Croatia 4 Danube 188 2860 Black Sea 5 Bosut 151 186 Sava eastern Croatia 6 Korana 134 134 Kupa central Croatia and west Bosnia and Herzegovina. 7 Bednja 133 133 Drava northern Croatia, 8 Lonja-Trebež 133 133 Sava river in central Croatia 9 Česma 124 124 Lonja-Trebež in central Croatia, 10 Una 120 212 Sava Lika and northern Dalmatia, 11 Vuka 112 112 Danube 12 Dobra 104 104 Kupa 13 Cetina 101 101 Adriatic Sea Southern Dalmatia 14 Glina 100 100 Kupa 15 Karašica 91 91 Drava 16 Sutla 89 92 Sava 17 Orljava 89 89 Sava 18 Ilova 85 85 Lonja-Trebež 19 Odra 83 83 Kupa 20 Lika 78 78 dryes up 21 Krapina 75 75 Sava 22 Krka 73 73 Adriatic Sea Dalmatia region, 23 Pakra 72 72 Lonja-Trebež 24 Sunja 69 69 Sava 25 Zrmanja 69 69 Adriatic Sea Lika and northern Dalmatia, 26 Mura 67 483 Drava 27 Plitvica (river) 65 65 Drava 28 Mrežnica 63 63 Korana 29 Glogovnica 61 61 Česma 30 Kupčina 56 56 Kupa 31 Mirna 53 53 Adriatic Sea Istria,
Jasna Kellner from Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia
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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