Category:Croatia
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Croatia (official name Republika Hrvatska) is a crescent-shaped Slavic country in Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, Central Europe and the Balkans. The main language is Croatian. The capital is Zagreb and the port of Split is the second city. The population is stable at around four and a half million.
Historically, the territory had been occupied since prehistory by groups including Illyrians, Celts, Romans and Huns before the Croats settled in the 7th century. The Croatian kingdom rose to prominence in the 9th century before it merged into the Kingdom of Hungary in the early 12th century. By the mid-15th century much of Dalmatia became part of Venice while Dubrovnik was independent. Ottoman attacks saw much of continental Croatia occupied and in the 16th century the power was transferred to the Habsburgs. By the end of the 17th century, the Turks were repelled and their former gains as well as Dalmatia and Dubrovnik were absorbed into the Habsburg Monarchy, after 1867 the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Post-WWI, Croatia became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia) and apart for a brief spell as a fascist puppet state in WW2 it remained Yugoslav territory until independence under Tuđman in 1991, hostilities with the Yugoslav rump ending in 1992. Croatia is now a democracy, WTO member and a candidate for EU membership.
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