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Zagreb

Southern Europe

Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia, on the Sava River in the north of the country. It grew from two medieval settlements, Kaptol and Gradec, unified in 1850, and is the nation's primary economic, political and cultural hub. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
767,131 1
2021 census figure, from Zagreb's own Wikipedia infobox.
Area (sq km)
641.2 1
Founding Year
1094 1
1094 is the first historical mention of the settlement, when Hungarian King Ladislaus established a diocese there, the date the infobox itself gives.
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
127 2
Latitude
45.81306 degrees north 1
Longitude
15.9775 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
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Capital Of

Croatia, Countries

Zagreb is the capital of Croatia.

Source Zagreb (Wikipedia)
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University of Zagreb

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Source University of Zagreb (Wikipedia)Lead
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is a public research university in Zagreb, Croatia

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Croatia Airlines

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Croatian News Agency

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Croatian Railways

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Konzum

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Zagreb Film

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Zagrebačka pivovara

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University of Zagreb

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The University of Zagreb (Croatian: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Latin: Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is a public research university in Zagreb, Croatia.
Constitutional Court of Croatia

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Supreme Court of Croatia

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Sources
1. Zagreb (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    At the 2021 census, the city itself had a population of 767,131, while the population of the Zagreb metropolitan area is 1,086,528.
  • Infobox, area
    641.2 km2 (247.6 sq mi)
  • Infobox, coordinates
    45°48′47″N 15°58′39″E
  • Infobox, first mention
    1094
  • Introduction
    Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia, part-of country and UN M49 subregion
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Zagreb (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 127 m
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3. GeoNames: Zagreb - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3186886
    45.81444 15.97798 P PPLC HR 21 663592 135 Europe/Zagreb
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 135 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.75, 15.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.75, 15.75
45.75 15.75 Cfb
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Wikidata: Zagreb
Wikidata Q1435, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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