| Capital | nombre: Zagreb coordenadas geográficas: 45 48 N, 16 00 E diferencia de tiempo: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October etymology: the name seems to be related to "digging"; archeologists suggest that the original settlement was established beyond a water-filled hole or "graba" and that the name derives from this; "za" in Slavic means "beyond"; the overall meaning may be "beyond the trench (fault, channel, ditch)" |
| División administrativa | 20 counties (zupanije, zupanija - singular) and 1 city* (grad - singular) with special county status; Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska(Bjelovar-Bilogora), Brodsko-Posavska (Brod-Posavina), Dubrovacko-Neretvanska (Dubrovnik-Neretva), Istarska (Istria), Karlovacka (Karlovac), Koprivnicko-Krizevacka (Koprivnica-Krizevci), Krapinsko-Zagorska (Krapina-Zagorje), Licko-Senjska (Lika-Senj), Medimurska (Medimurje), Osjecko-Baranjska (Osijek-Baranja), Pozesko-Slavonska (Pozega-Slavonia), Primorsko-Goranska (Primorje-Gorski Kotar), Sibensko-Kninska (Sibenik-Knin), Sisacko-Moslavacka (Sisak-Moslavina), Splitsko-Dalmatinska (Split-Dalmatia), Varazdinska (Varazdin), Viroviticko-Podravska (Virovitica-Podravina), Vukovarsko-Srijemska (Vukovar-Syrmia), Zadarska (Zadar), Zagreb*, Zagrebacka (Zagreb county) |
| Independencia | 25 Junio 1991 (from Yugoslavia); notable earlier dates: ca. 925 (Kingdom of Croatia established); 1 Diciembre 1918 (Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (Yugoslavia) established) |
| Feriado nacional | Día de la Independencia, 8 Octubre (1991) and Statehood Day, 25 Junio (1991); note - 25 Junio 1991 was the day the Croatian parliament voted for independence; following a three-month moratorium to allow the European Community to solve the Yugoslav crisis peacefully, parliament adopted a decision on 8 Octubre 1991 to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia |
| Constitución | history: several previous; latest adoptada 22 Diciembre 1990 amendments: proposed by at least one fifth of the Assembly membership, by the president of the republic, by the Government of Croatia, or through petition by at least 10% of the total electorate; proceedings to amend require majority vote by the Assembly; passage requires two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly; passage by petition requires a majority vote in a referendum and promulgation by the Assembly; modificada several times, last in 2014 (2016) |
| Sufragio | 18 años de edad; universal |
| Poder Executivo | jefe de estado: Presidente Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC (desde 19 February 2015) jefe de gobierno: Prime Minister Andrej PLENKOVIC (desde 19 October 2016); Deputy Prime Ministers Damir KRSTICEVIC (desde 19 October 2016), Predrag STROMAR (desde 9 June 2017), Marija Pejcinovic BURIC (desde 19 June 2017), and Tomislav TOLUSIC (desde 25 May 2018) cabinet: Council of Ministers named by the prime minister and approved by the Assembly elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 28 December 2014 and 11 January 2015 (next to be held in 2019); the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the president and approved by the Assembly election results: Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC elected president in second round; percent of vote - Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC (HDZ) 50.7%, Ivo JOSIPOVIC (Forward Croatia Progressive Alliance) 49.3% |
Fuente: CIA World Factbook
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