Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia. Zagreb's population was 973,667 in 2005. Zagreb is situated between the southern slopes of Medvednica mountain and the northern bank of the Sava river at an elevation of 120 m above sea level.
Zagreb's favourable geographic position in the southwestern part of the Pannonian Basin, which extends to the Alpine, Dinaric, Adriatic and Pannonic regions, provides an excellent connection for traffic between Central Europe and the Adriatic Sea.
The traffic position, concentration of industry, scientific and research institutions and industrial tradition underlie its leading economic position. Zagreb seats central state administrative bodies and almost all government ministries.
Zagreb is the largest city in Croatia and the only one whose metropolitan
area exceeds one million people.
Economy :
Much of Croatian industry is concentrated in Zagreb, including metal processing, electrical appliances, textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals (Pliva), printing and leather industries, wood processing, and paper.
The city also has a notable services sector, including finance, tourism, and trade.
Zagreb, being a relatively large city situated on the fastest route that connects Central with Southeastern Europe, has great potential for investment and development.
The City of Zagreb has the status of a county within Croatia. The city government is led by the Mayor who is elected by the City Assembly.
Transport :
There are three main transit connections:
- The western, towards Ljubljana, Slovenia and on to Western Europe;
- The eastern, towards Slavonia and on to Southeastern Europe and the Near East; and
- The southern, towards Rijeka, Croatia's biggest port in the Kvarner bay and Split in Dalmatia, the second largest Croatian city and also an important port.
A motorway tunnel going through the Medvednica Mountains is in the planning stages and will become Zagreb's main northern transit connection.
The railway running along the Sutla river and the Zagorje main road (Zagreb - Maribor - Vienna), as well as traffic connections with the Pannonian region and Hungary (the Zagorje railroad, the roads and railway to Varaždin - Čakovec and Koprivnica) are linked with truck routes.
The southern railway connection to Split operates on a line via the Lika region (renovated in 2004 to allow for a five-hour journey); a faster line along the Una river valley is currently in use only up to the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Zagreb has a well developed road network with several main arteries up to six lanes wide and a full-profile expressway encircling most of the city. There is some congestion in Zagreb centre and parking is also a problem. This is somewhat alleviated by the construction of new underground multi-story car-parks (Importanne Centre, Importanne Gallery, Langov square).
Public transportation in Zagreb is organized in two zones: the inner parts of the city are mostly covered by trams and the outer suburbs are linked with buses.
Tourism :
Zagreb is an important tourist centre, not only in terms of passengers travelling from Western and Central Europe to the Adriatic Sea, but also as a tourist destination. Since the end of the war, it attracts around half a million visitors annually, mainly from Austria, Germany and Italy. However, the city has greater potential as many tourists that visit Croatia skip Zagreb in order to visit the beaches along the Croatian Adriatic coast and old historic Renaissance cities such as Dubrovnik, Split, and Zadar.
Zagreb celebrated its 900th birthday in 1994 not only as a city with numerous cultural and historical monuments, museums and galleries, but also as a vibrant destination with a variety of modern shops, quality restaurants and sports/recreational facilities. It is a major centre of congress tourism, hosting a number of business events and trade fairs that are amongst those of the longest tradition in Europe. Being an important junction point, Zagreb has road, air, railway and bus connections with other European metropolises and all bigger cities and tourist resorts in Croatia.
Twinned Cities:
- Mainz, Germany, since 1967
- St. Petersburg, Russia, since 1968
- Tromso, Norway, since 1971
- Kyoto, Japan, since 1972
- Krakow, Poland, since 1975
- Lisbon, Portugal, since 1977
- Pittsburgh, United States of America, since 1980
- Shanghai, China, since 1980
- Budapest, Hungary, since 1994
- Vienna, Austria, since 1994
- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 2001
- Ljubljana, Slovenia, since 2001 This article is licensed under the [GNU Free Documentation License]. It uses material from Wikipedia
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Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia. Zagreb's population was 973,667 in 2005. Zagreb is situated between the southern slopes of Medvednica mountain and the northern bank of the Sava river at an elevation of 120 m above sea level.