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Zagreb

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - Zagreb

Zagreb (pronounced: [ˈzɑː.greb]) is the capital city of Croatia. The city's population was 779,145 in 2001. It is situated between the southern slopes of Medvednica mountain and the northern bank of the Sava river, it is 120 m above sea level, located at 45°48′N 15°58′E. Its 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 ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia II - Zagreb - Population

Zagreb is the largest city in Croatia and the only one whose metropolitan area exceeds one million people. There are 1,088,841 people in the Zagreb metropolitan area, which includes the smaller cities of Samobor, Velika Gorica and Zaprešić. The official population is 779,145 from 2001. According to preliminary police department data, Zagreb had 973.667 in the city, and 1.2 million in metro. This is due to the large amount of people moving in from the rural areas. In 2005 alone, Zagre ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia II - Zagreb - Population

Zagreb is the largest city in Croatia and the only one whose metropolitan area exceeds one million people. There are 1,088,841 people in the Zagreb metropolitan area, which includes the smaller cities of Samobor, Velika Gorica and Zaprešić. The majority of its citizens are Croats with 91.94% (2001 census). The same census has a population of 40,066 residents belonging to ethnic minorities. Ethnic minorities and their composition is the following: 18,811 Serbs (2.41%), 6,204 Bosniaks (0.80%), 3,389 Albanians (0.43%), 3,225 Slovenians (0.41%), 1,946 Roma (0.25%), 1,131 Montenegrins (0.17%), 1,315 Macedonians (0.17%), and the rest belo ...

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Zagreb, Zagreb - Population, Zagreb - Name, Zagreb - History, Zagreb - Economy, Zagreb - City government, Zagreb - Transport, Zagreb - Surroundings, Zagreb - Tourism, Zagreb - Museums, Zagreb - Other cultural sites and events, Zagreb - Souvenirs and gastronomy, Zagreb - Recreation and sports, Zagreb - Districts, Zagreb - Miscellaneous

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia II - County - United States

Main article: County (United States) The term "county" is used in 48 of the 50 states of the United States for the tier of state government authority immediately below the statewide tier and above the township tier, in those states that sub-divided counties into civil townships. Each county contains a county seat, which is where county offices are located (this is usually, but not always, an incorporated municipality). In some states, counties are subdivided into townships, which typically provide some or all of the loca ...

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County, County - Overview, County - Australia, County - New South Wales, County - Canada, County - China, County - Croatia, County - Hungary, County - Ireland, County - Japan, County - Lithuania, County - New Zealand, County - Norway, County - Poland, County - Romania, County - Serbia and Montenegro, County - Sweden, County - United Kingdom, County - United States, County - Exceptions in Louisiana and Alaska, County - New England, County - Independent Cities in the U.S., County - Counties switching into Regional or Metropolitan Municipalities, County - County seats overlapping two or more counties, County - Atlanta and Fulton County, County - Notes

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia II - Coat of Arms of Croatia - History

The red and white checkerboard has been a symbol of Croatian kings since at least the 10th century, ranging in size from 3×3 to 8×8, but most commonly 5×5, like the current coat. It was traditionally conjenctured that the colours originally represented two ancient Croat tribes, Red Croats and White Croats, but there is no generally accepted proof for this theory. The oldest source confirming the coat as an official symbol is a genealogy of the Habsburgs, dated from 1 ...

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Coat of Arms of Croatia, Coat of Arms of Croatia - History, Coat of Arms of Croatia - The current design, Coat of Arms of Croatia - Trivia, Coat of Arms of Croatia - External link

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598, Naples – November 28, 1680, Rome) was a towering baroque artist in 17th century Baroque Rome, where he is known mainly for his often overlapping skills as a sculptor and architect. He was also a painter, draftsman, designer of stage sets, fireworks displays, and funeral trappings. Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Early Works. Bernini was born in Naples to a Florentine family and accompanied his father Pietro Bernini, a capable Mannerist sculp ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - Balkans

The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of south-eastern Europe. The region has a combined area of 728,000 km² and a population of around 53 million. The region takes its name from the Balkan mountains which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. Balkans - Definitions and boundaries. Balkans - Balkan Peninsula. The Balkans are sometimes referred to as the "Balkan Peninsula" as they are surrounded by ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - 1991

1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 1991 - Events. 1991 - January. January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to condemn Israel's treatment of Palestinians. January 10 - SA State Govt forced to bail out State Bank. January 11 - The S ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - Ante Pavelić

Ante Pavelić (July 14, 1889 - December 28, 1959) was the leader and founding member of the Croatian Ustasha movement in the 1930s and later the leader of the Independent State of Croatia. Pavelić was born north of Konjic in Bradina, a small village c. 15 kilometres south west of Hadžići in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As an adult, Ante Pavelić decided to move to Zagreb so he could study law. In his youth he became a member of the Croatian Party of Rights, and was part of the splinter, more nationalist faction led by Josip Frank ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Adnan Terzic Bosnia and Herzegovina (locally: Bosna i Hercegovina/Босна и Херцеговина, most commonly abbreviated as BiH) is a country in south-east Europe with an estimated population of between three and four million people. The country is the homeland of its three ethnic constituent peoples: Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats. Other communities that live there are not given the status of being "constituent"[1]. A citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - Bosniaks

Serbia and Montenegro:    c. 245,000   Serbia:   136,087 [+19,503] (2002) [1]   Montenegro:   63,272 [+28,714] (2003) [2] Croatia:    20,755 (2001) [3] Slovenia:    21,542 (2002) [4] Republic of Macedonia:    17,018 (2002) [5] Germany:    180,000 USA:    130,000 Austria:    90,000 Sweden:    54,000 Switzer ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - Challenge 1932

The Challenge 1932 was the third International Tourist Plane Contest (French: Challenge International de Tourisme), that took place between 12 and August 28, 1932 in Berlin, Germany. Four Challenges, from 1929 to 1934, were major aviation events in pre-war Europe. Germany organized the contest, because a German pilot Fritz Morzik won the previous contest Challenge 1930. A number of aircraft that took part in 1932 Challenge was smaller - 43 comparing to 60, because a contest was getting much more difficult with time, dema ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - Vučedol culture

The Vučedol culture was an Indo-European culture from 4000 to 3000 BC (eneolithic), centered in eastern Slavonia on the right bank of the Danube river, but possibly spreading throughout the Pannonian plain. Following the Baden culture, another wave of Indo-European people came to the banks of the Danube. One of the major places they occupied is present-day Vučedol (Wolf's Valley), named for Vučedol, a location six kilometers downstream ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - World Universities Debating Championship

The World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) is the largest debating tournament, and one of the largest annual international student events in the world. It is a parliamentary debating event, held in a variant of the British Parliamentary format, organised by a University selected by the World Universities Debating Council. The tournament is known as the "World Universities Debating Championship" or colloquially as "Worlds". World Universities Debating Championship - Past hosts and championsIncluding:

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - Andriy Shevchenko

* Professional club caps and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of {{{pcupdate}}}. ** National team caps and goals correct as of {{{ntupdate}}}. Andriy Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Шевченко, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, nicknamed "Sheva", born September 29, 1976 in the village of Dvirkivschyna, of Kiev Oblast (province) in Ukraine, is a Ukrainian football player who is a ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - Vril

Vril is a word from a science-fiction novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton titled Vril: The Power of the Coming Race and published in 1870. In the book, Vril is a form of energy possessed by an extremely powerful subterranean race. The book was quite popular in the late 19th century, and for a time the word "Vril" came to be associated with "life-giving elixirs". Indeed, the still-popular English drink Bovril takes its name from the co ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - Vienna

Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Croatian and Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austria's nine states (Land Wien). With a population of about 1.6 million, Vienna is the largest city and the cultural and political centre of Austria. Situated in both sides of the river Danube, Vienna is 60 kilometres (37 miles) from the Austrian-Slovak border, i.e. also from the Slovak capital, ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - Shanghai

Shanghai (Chinese: 上海 pinyin: Shànghǎi ▶ (help·info); Shanghainese IPA: /zɑ̃ hɛ/; Lumazi: Zanhe) , situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is China's largest city. The city's development in the past few decades has made it one of the most important economic, commercial, financial and communications centers of China. Administratively, Shanghai is one of four municipalities of the People's Republic of China that have provincial-level status. Shanghai is also home to the world's bus ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - The Holocaust

The Holocaust is the name applied to the systematic state-sponsored persecution and genocide of various ethnic, religious and political groups during World War II by Nazi Germany and collaborators. Early elements of the Holocaust include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program, progressing to the later use of killing squads and extermination camps in a massive and centrally organized effort to murder every possi ...

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Zagreb: Encyclopedia - 1094

1094 - Events. May - the siege of Valencia ends November 27 - Urban II in Clermont Synod proclaims crusade Duncan III of Scotland succeeds Duncan II of Scotland as King of Scotland The first mention of the city of Zagreb, Croatia, as it became a bishopric see. Raymond IV of Toulouse becomes Count of Toulouse 1094 - Births. St Malachy, Irish archbishop 1094 - Deaths. January 1 ...

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