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World Gazetteer Results for Bjelovar-Bilogora:
NameBjelovar-Bilogora
Geographical TypeKotari
Population133734
CountryCroatia
Dictionary Results for Croatia:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Croatia
    n 1: a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe
         in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the
         Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in
         1991 [syn: Croatia, Republic of Croatia, Hrvatska]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Croatia \Croatia\ n.
   a Slavic-speaking country on the Adriatic, part of the Balkan
   region. It was formerly part of Yugoslavia.
   [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

3. CIA World Factbook 2002
Croatia

   Introduction Croatia
   --------------------
                            Background: In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and
                                        Slovenes formed a kingdom known
                                        after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following
                                        World War II, Yugoslavia became an
                                        independent communist state under
                                        the strong hand of Marshal TITO.
                                        Although Croatia declared its
                                        independence from Yugoslavia in
                                        1991, it took four years of
                                        sporadic, but often bitter, fighting
                                        before occupying Serb armies were
                                        mostly cleared from Croatian lands.
                                        Under UN supervision the last Serb-
                                        held enclave in eastern Slavonia was
                                        returned to Croatia in 1998.
  
   Geography Croatia
   -----------------
                              Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the
                                        Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and
                                        Herzegovina and Slovenia
                Geographic coordinates: 45 10 N, 15 30 E
                        Map references: Europe
                                  Area: total: 56,542 sq km
                                        water: 128 sq km
                                        land: 56,414 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than West Virginia
                       Land boundaries: total: 2,185 km
                                        border countries: Bosnia and
                                        Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km,
                                        Yugoslavia 254 km, Slovenia 670 km
                             Coastline: 5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands
                                        4,058 km)
                       Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to
                                        the depth of exploitation
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: Mediterranean and continental;
                                        continental climate predominant with
                                        hot summers and cold winters; mild
                                        winters, dry summers along coast
                               Terrain: geographically diverse; flat plains
                                        along Hungarian border, low
                                        mountains and highlands near
                                        Adriatic coastline and islands
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
                                        highest point: Dinara 1,830 m
                     Natural resources: oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade
                                        iron ore, calcium, natural asphalt,
                                        silica, mica, clays, salt,
                                        hydropower
                              Land use: arable land: 23.55%
                                        permanent crops: 2.24%
                                        other: 74.21% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 30 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: destructive earthquakes
          Environment - current issues: air pollution (from metallurgical
                                        plants) and resulting acid rain is
                                        damaging the forests; coastal
                                        pollution from industrial and
                                        domestic waste; landmine removal and
                                        reconstruction of infrastructure
                                        consequent to 1992-95 civil strife
            Environment - international party to: Air Pollution, Air
                            agreements: Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity,
                                        Climate Change, Desertification,
                                        Endangered Species, Hazardous
                                        Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine
                                        Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone
                                        Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
                                        Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: Air
                                        Pollution-Persistent Organic
                                        Pollutants, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol
                      Geography - note: controls most land routes from
                                        Western Europe to Aegean Sea and
                                        Turkish Straits
  
   People Croatia
   --------------
                            Population: 4,390,751 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.3% (male 411,847;
                                        female 390,797)
                                        15-64 years: 66.3% (male 1,461,305;
                                        female 1,448,973)
                                        65 years and over: 15.4% (male
                                        252,970; female 424,859) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.12% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 12.8 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 11.31 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 9.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.6 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.94 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 7.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.13 years
                                        female: 77.96 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 70.52 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.93 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.02% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 350 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
                                        adjective: Croatian
                         Ethnic groups: Croat 78.1%, Serb 12.2%, Bosniak
                                        0.9%, Hungarian 0.5%, Slovene 0.5%,
                                        Czech 0.4%, Albanian 0.3%,
                                        Montenegrin 0.3%, Roma 0.2%, others
                                        6.6% (1991)
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox
                                        11.1%, Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%,
                                        others and unknown 10.8% (1991)
                             Languages: Croatian 96%, other 4% (including
                                        Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak,
                                        and German)
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 97%
                                        male: 99%
                                        female: 95% (1991 est.)
  
   Government Croatia
   ------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Croatia
                                        conventional short form: Croatia
                                        local short form: Hrvatska
                                        local long form: Republika Hrvatska
                       Government type: presidential/parliamentary democracy
                               Capital: Zagreb
              Administrative divisions: 20 counties (zupanije, zupanija -
                                        singular) and 1 city* (grad -
                                        singular); Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska
                                        Zupanija, Brodsko-Posavska Zupanija,
                                        Dubrovacko-Neretvanska Zupanija,
                                        Istarska Zupanija, Karlovacka
                                        Zupanija, Koprivnicko-Krizevacka
                                        Zupanija, Krapinsko-Zagorska
                                        Zupanija, Licko-Senjska Zupanija,
                                        Medimurska Zupanija, Osjecko-
                                        Baranjska Zupanija, Pozesko-
                                        Slavonska Zupanija, Primorsko-
                                        Goranska Zupanija, Sibensko-Kninska
                                        Zupanija, Sisacko-Moslavacka
                                        Zupanija, Splitsko-Dalmatinska
                                        Zupanija, Varazdinska Zupanija,
                                        Viroviticko-Podravska Zupanija,
                                        Vukovarsko-Srijemska Zupanija,
                                        Zadarska Zupanija, Zagreb*,
                                        Zagrebacka Zupanija
                          Independence: 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
                      National holiday: Statehood Day, 25 June (1991)
                          Constitution: adopted on 22 December 1990
                          Legal system: based on civil law system
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal (16 years
                                        of age, if employed)
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Stjepan
                                        (Stipe) MESIC (since 18 February
                                        2000)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Ivica RACAN (since 27 January 2000);
                                        Deputy Prime Ministers Goran GRANIC
                                        (since 27 January 2000), Zeljka
                                        ANTUNOVIC (since 27 January 2000),
                                        Slavko LINIC (since 27 January 2000)
  
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers named
                                        by the prime minister and approved
                                        by the House of Representatives
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        popular vote for a five-year term;
                                        election last held 7 February 2000
                                        (next to be held NA 2005); prime
                                        minister nominated by the president
                                        in line with the balance of power in
                                        the Assembly
                                        note: government coalition - SDP,
                                        HSLS, HSS, LP, HNS; a fifth party,
                                        the Istrian Democratic Assembly
                                        (IDS), withdrew in June 2001
                                        election results: Stjepan MESIC
                                        elected president; percent of vote -
                                        Stjepan MESIC (HNS) 56%, Drazen
                                        BUDISA (HSLS) 44%
                    Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly or Sabor (151
                                        seats; members elected by popular
                                        vote to serve four-year terms); note
                                        - House of Counties was abolished in
                                        March 2001
                                        election results: Assembly (then
                                        referred to as the House of
                                        Representatives) - percent of vote
                                        by party - NA%; seats by party - HDZ
                                        46, SDP 44, HSLS 24, HSS 17, HSP/
                                        HKDU 5, IDS 4, HNS 2, independents
                                        4, minority representatives 5
                                        elections: Assembly - last held 2-
                                        3 January 2000 (next to be held in
                                        the fall of 2003)
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court; Constitutional Court;
                                        judges for both courts appointed for
                                        eight-year terms by the Judicial
                                        Council of the Republic, which is
                                        elected by the House of
                                        Representatives
         Political parties and leaders: Alliance of Croatian Coast and
                                        Mountains Department or PGS [Luciano
                                        SUSANJ]; Croatian Christian
                                        Democratic Union or HKDU [Marko
                                        VESELICA]; Croatian Democratic Union
                                        or HDZ [Ivo SANADER]; Croatian Party
                                        of Rights or HSP [Dobroslav PARAGA];
                                        Croatian Peasant Party or HSS
                                        [Zlatko TOMCIC]; Croatian People's
                                        Party or HNS [Vesna PUSIC]; Croatian
                                        Social Liberal Party or HSLS [Drazen
                                        BUDISA]; Croatian True Revival Party
                                        or HIP [Miroslav TUDJMAN];
                                        Independent Democratic Serb Party or
                                        SDSS [Vojislav STANIMIROVIC];
                                        Istrian Democratic Assembly or IDS
                                        [Ivan JAKOVCIC]; Liberal Party or LP
                                        [leader NA]; Social Democratic Party
                                        of Croatia or SDP [Ivica RACAN]
                                        note: the Social Democratic Party or
                                        SDP and the Croatian Social Liberal
                                        Party or HSLS formed a coalition as
                                        did the HSS, HNS, LP, and IDS, which
                                        together defeated the Croatian
                                        Democratic Union or HDZ in the 2000
                                        lower house parliamentary election;
                                        the IDS subsequently left the
                                        governing coalition in June 2001
                                        over its inability to win greater
                                        autonomy for Istria
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization BIS, CCC, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, ECE,
                         participation: FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU,
                                        ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO,
                                        ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM,
                                        ISO, ITU, NAM (observer), OAS
                                        (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP,
                                        UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
                                        UNMEE, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO,
                                        WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Ivan
                                        GRDESIC
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 588-8936
                                        consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los
                                        Angeles, New York
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 588-5899
                                        chancery: 2343 Massachusetts Avenue
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20008
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador
                                    US: Lawrence G. ROSSIN
                                        embassy: Andrije Hebranga 2, 10000
                                        Zagreb
                                        mailing address: use street address
                                        telephone: [385] (1) 661-2200
                                        FAX: [385] (1) 661-2373
                      Flag description: red, white, and blue horizontal
                                        bands with Croatian coat of arms
                                        (red and white checkered)
  
   Economy Croatia
   ---------------
                    Economy - overview: Before the dissolution of
                                        Yugoslavia, the Republic of Croatia,
                                        after Slovenia, was the most
                                        prosperous and industrialized area,
                                        with a per capita output perhaps
                                        one-third above the Yugoslav
                                        average. The economy emerged from
                                        its mild recession in 2000 with
                                        tourism the main factor, but massive
                                        structural unemployment remains a
                                        key negative element. The
                                        government's failure to press the
                                        economic reforms needed to spur
                                        growth is largely the result of
                                        coalition politics and public
                                        resistance, particularly from the
                                        trade unions, to measures that would
                                        cut jobs, wages, or social benefits.
                                        As a result, the country is likely
                                        to experience only moderate growth
                                        without disciplined fiscal and
                                        structural reform.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $36.1
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 4% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $8,300
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 10%
                                        industry: 33%
                                        services: 57% (2001 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 3.7%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 23.3% (1998)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 29 (1998)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 1.7 million (2001)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture NA%, industry NA%,
                                        services NA%
                     Unemployment rate: 23% (December 2001)
                                Budget: revenues: $8.6 billion
                                        expenditures: $9 billion, including
                                        capital expenditures of $NA (2001
                                        est.)
                            Industries: chemicals and plastics, machine
                                        tools, fabricated metal,
                                        electronics, pig iron and rolled
                                        steel products, aluminum, paper,
                                        wood products, construction
                                        materials, textiles, shipbuilding,
                                        petroleum and petroleum refining,
                                        food and beverages; tourism
     Industrial production growth rate: 6% (2001)
              Electricity - production: 10.578 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 44.76%
                                        hydro: 55.22%
                                        other: 0.02% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 12.638 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 900 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 3.7 billion kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower
                                        seed, barley, alfalfa, clover,
                                        olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans,
                                        potatoes; livestock, dairy products
                               Exports: $4.5 billion (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Exports - commodities: transport equipment, textiles,
                                        chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
                    Exports - partners: Italy 24%, Germany 15%, Bosnia and
                                        Herzegovina 12%, Slovenia 9%,
                                        Austria 5.8% (2001 est.)
                               Imports: $8.4 billion (c.i.f., 2001)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery, transport and electrical
                                        equipment, chemicals, fuels and
                                        lubricants, foodstuffs
                    Imports - partners: Italy 17%, Germany 16.9%, Slovenia
                                        7.9%, Russia 7.5%, Austria 7% (2001
                                        est.)
                       Debt - external: $11 billion (2001)
              Economic aid - recipient: $NA
                              Currency: kuna (HRK)
                         Currency code: HRK
                        Exchange rates: kuna per US dollar - 8.452 (January
                                        2002), 8.340 (2001), 8.277 (2000),
                                        7.112 (1999), 6.362 (1998), 6.101
                                        (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Croatia
   ----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 1,721,139 (2000)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 1.3 million (2001)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: NA
                                        domestic: reconstruction plan calls
                                        for replacement of all analog
                                        circuits with digital and enlarging
                                        the network; a backup will be
                                        included in the plan for the main
                                        trunk
                                        international: digital international
                                        service is provided through the main
                                        switch in Zagreb; Croatia
                                        participates in the Trans-Asia-
                                        Europe (TEL) fiber-optic project
                                        which consists of two fiber-optic
                                        trunk connections with Slovenia and
                                        a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka
                                        to Split and Dubrovnik; Croatia is
                                        also investing in ADRIA 1, a joint
                                        fiber-optic project with Germany,
                                        Albania, and Greece (2000)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)
                                Radios: 1.51 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 36 (plus 321 repeaters) (September
                                        1995)
                           Televisions: 1.22 million (1997)
                 Internet country code: .hr
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 9 (2000)
                        Internet users: 200,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Croatia
   ----------------------
                              Railways: total: 2,726 km
                                        standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-
                                        m gauge (NA electrified) (2000)
                              Highways: total: 28,009 km
                                        paved: 23,695 km (including 330 km
                                        of expressways)
                                        unpaved: 4,314 km (2001)
                             Waterways: 785 km
                                        note: (perennially navigable; large
                                        sections of Sava blocked by downed
                                        bridges, silt, and debris)
                             Pipelines: crude oil 670 km; petroleum products
                                        20 km; natural gas 310 km (1992)
                     Ports and harbors: Dubrovnik, Dugi Rat, Omisalj, Ploce,
                                        Pula, Rijeka, Sibenik, Split,
                                        Vukovar (inland waterway port on
                                        Danube), Zadar
                       Merchant marine: total: 49 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 681,465 GRT/1,076,315 DWT
                                        note: includes a foreign-owned ship
                                        registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Hong Kong 1 (2002 est.)
  
                                        ships by type: bulk 14, cargo 13,
                                        chemical tanker 1, combination bulk
                                        5, container 1, multi-functional
                                        large-load carrier 3, passenger 1,
                                        petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated
                                        cargo 2, roll on/roll off 4, short-
                                        sea passenger 3
                              Airports: 67 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 22
                                        over 3,047 m: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 4
                                        under 914 m: 8 (2001)
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 45
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 7
                                        under 914 m: 37 (2001)
                             Heliports: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Croatia
   ----------------
                     Military branches: Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HV),
                                        Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense
                                        Forces
      Military manpower - military age: 19 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,086,578 (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 860,497 (2002 est.)
                               service:
           Military manpower - reaching males: 30,037 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $520 million (2002 est.)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 2.39% (2002 est.)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Croatia
   ----------------------------
              Disputes - international: Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
                                        continue discussions on the disputed
                                        boundary in the Una River near
                                        Kostajnica, Hrvatska Dubica, and
                                        Zeljava; Bosnia and Herzegovina also
                                        protests Croatian claim to the tip
                                        of the Klek Peninsula and several
                                        islands near Neum; Hungary opposes
                                        Croatian plan to build a hydropower
                                        dam on the boundary stream Drava;
                                        Slovenia and Croatia have not
                                        obtained parliamentary ratification
                                        of 2001 land and maritime boundary
                                        treaty which cedes villages on the
                                        Dragonja River and Sveta Gera
                                        (Trdinov Peak) to Croatia, and most
                                        of Pirin Bay to Slovenia, but
                                        restricts Slovenian access to the
                                        open sea; Croatia and Yugoslavia
                                        continue to discuss disputed
                                        Prevlaka Peninsula and control over
                                        the Gulf of Kotor despite imminent
                                        UN intention to withdraw observer
                                        mission (UNMOP); Croatia and Italy
                                        are still trying to resolve
                                        bilateral property and ethnic
                                        minority rights dating from World
                                        War II
                         Illicit drugs: transit point along the Balkan route
                                        for Southwest Asian heroin to
                                        Western Europe; has been used as a
                                        transit point for maritime shipments
                                        of South American cocaine bound for
                                        Western Europe
  
                                       



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