Europe is one interesting place to find different types of cultures with a unique history and
with cultures that have different ideas about
How life and how life should work and with that in mind when we do dive into Europe, we find that certain countries have
History that goes way beyond our current knowledge or even own life
experiences and here today on FTD facts
We dive into a really amazing country one that will surprise even you and this is the country of Croatia
Which is a beautiful and fascinating
Country to learn about and like many other great nations around the world its history has been heavily modified and culture has been modified
from other cultures around it
it is a place that is surrounded by a perfect climate and has
Architecture that will tickle the part of your brain that feels like it's living in some sort of dream. Hey everybody. How's it going?
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Let's get into it. Let's start learning about what is fascinating about Croatia. Now. First of all, we're gonna start off with the basics
Let's talk about the population
Now as of the last estimate Croatia has a population of approximately four million one hundred fifty four thousand two hundred
People which makes this country ranked at 29th in the world, of course with that
It has a population of seventy five point eight P per square kilometre ranking
126 in the world and of course these people with this density, they are stretched across a land size of
56,000
594 kilometers square ranking
124 it also has a water percentage of approximately one point zero nine now Croatia itself
It's got a really really important history
And as a matter of fact a history that dates back to the beginning of even all of European times
for example to figure out what day Croatia was founded is somewhat hard to say and
around the 7th century the country or region in which the country resides was known more or less as the Duchy of Croats of
course after that there was also the kingdom of Croatia which was in
925 and as well the area had several other names for it, but however
the last major change is when Croatia was a part of what is known as
Yugoslavia a term that you may be familiar with or have heard of your elders talking about in the past
it was formed on December 4th of
1918 just following World War one in which the kingdom of Croatia joined with the kingdom of Serbs and
Slovenes now as for Croatia
It's separated getting its independence
Thus ending the country of Yugoslavia On June 25th
1991 and now an independent country with zagreb ruling his capital the capital city of the country has a metro
population of 1 million
128 thousand nine hundred and forty-one people and is also the fourth biggest city by population
In Southeast Europe and the second largest by land in the same region
So now as we dive a little deeper into this country
We got a look at money GDP and all that sort of stuff
Although Croatia is one of the more recent countries to join the European Union, which was effective on July 1st 2013
Croatia does not use the euro
but in fact uses its own currency called the Croatian Kuna however when it comes to its
GDP in which we use the purchasing power parity, which is the best way to compare nations
it has a purchasing power GDP of
106.5 four billion dollars ranking 84th in the world, of course
This is based off of the reports from 2016
And of course within that same year the per capita came in at twenty five thousand eight hundred and seven dollars
Ranking 56th in the world, but let's move on
Let's take a look at exports because Croatia has got a very well rounded sort of export and import system now for Croatia
They export approximately thirteen point five billion dollars being 76th in the world
But like I said their exports they're not heavily dependent on one sort of thing
like if you take countries like Saudi Arabia they have a lot of
Petroleum in which they are really really dependent on because for Croatia when it comes to their exports the biggest ones are refined petroleum
packaged medicaments electrical transformers and Sun wood
However, the percentage amount they roughly sit around like five to two percent
There's a lot of other things that they export around the country
But one of the biggest things that Croatia is known for when it comes to its exports is blue water fish
Which gets exported a lot to Japan and Korea?
There's also wine but one of the biggest things that they are known for when it comes to their exports is organic food
Which mostly goes to many European nations?
However out of all of this the industrial sectors of the country makes up over 25% of the entire GDP
We're fishing in agriculture makes up about five percent
so they say now within all the exports a big chunk of it goes to the
European Union and within that Union their biggest individual partner is Slovenia
Which makes up about 12% of their export income from that country as for imports though
They import a lot more than they export with an import level coming in at 22 billion dollars ranking
59th in the world as well. Their imports are very well balanced
They're not all over the place as well
And some of the biggest ones are cars crude petroleum, but on top of that they get a lot of electricity from other nations
Packaged medicaments and of course human and animal blood. So now that we've looked at money
We've also kind of talked about people we should ask ourselves what kind of people live within this country well
believe it or not Croatia is
predominantly a Christian country
this is because about
91% of the people identify as being Christian and within all the people of the country most of them identify as
Croatian being approximately 90 percent
while
4.36 identify as Serbian and about 5.2
2% identify as being from other countries and because of that you may think to yourself
Croatia is not a really blended country when it comes to its
Multiculturalism, well truth be told it actually is and it's had a history of that
now the reason Croatia could be considered very much a blended country is because people actually
classify Croatia as a country of four spheres
And the reason for this is because Croatia in ancient times was right dead center of four different cultures
Of course, it's been influenced by many others around the world
But these were some of the most important ones because if you look at Croatia, you'll notice there is cultural and architectural
influences from the West Roman Empire the Byzantines the Mediterranean culture and of course
Let's not forget them at El Europa culture in which the influences from this particular culture come from Central Europe
Mainly from places like Germany and because it was just a boiling pot for all these different cultures
it makes up for some of the coolest coolest buildings and
Coolest cultural spots that you'll ever see and I'm gonna talk about that in just a little bit
Because this next fact is gonna be somewhat of a controversial sort of fact, some people might agree with it
I can see why people say this sort of thing, but let's find out what it is
You guys can decide for yourself because although the country is considered a country of four spheres
It is also sometimes
considered the center of the world more specifically a town in Croatia known as lewd break now the reason it's
considered center of the entire world is because if you were to take the flat map of the world and
Stretch it out
You would find lewd brag of Croatia right dead smack in the middle
because that reason lewd brag boasts to tourists that it is in fact the center of the world and
because of that right in the heart of this small little town right in the middle of an intersection is a
Symbol to represent the center of Earth and if course you can't argue this because where is the center of the world?
Well really nowhere, but to be perfectly honest. They've had this title since the 19th century
so let's give it to them and with that in mind when we talk about it having influences from many different cultures one of the
Oldest towns in all of Europe is located within Croatia and this is the town of VIN code C
which inhabitants can be traced back to approximately
8,000 years ago and it is also historically known to be the birthplace of two Roman emperors and that was Valentinian and
valence as well
It's still known to have some old Roman buildings within the city and even a Roman thermal bath is still preserved way down below
Now, all right
one of the coolest things that I want to talk about when it comes to Croatia that I learned about is the
Zidar organ have you guys ever heard of this? It's really quite cool
This is one of the more famous current pieces of architecture that is from the country as it is not only ingenious
But beautiful the Darcie organ is known as the first real pipe organ that is played by the sea
Located in Zadar Croatia
Which is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Croatia to date this beautiful city was also voted in
2016 as the best European
Destination by Europe's best destinations calm now as for the sea organ
It was constructed along the seawall
Which even alfred hitchcock's said during the sunset?
was one of the most beautiful places in the world
And it should be noted that the reason this was created was because if you know Zadar it is known for its
Concreted wall which was built during the reconstruction of the city
And the reason the city needed to be reconstructed is because unfortunately during the Second World War the Allies
Didn't really have much of a choice but to bomb the entire city
There was no other way around it and to add to the concrete wall in 2005
This organ was built and designed by Nicola basic as well
It ties into what is known as the Zadar Sun
Salutation or more properly known as the monument to the Sun which salutes the son this
Giant pad collects solar energy from the Sun as well as energy from the waves
crashing into the sea organs pipes and at night it releases a really cool light show within its
300 layered glass plates and it's crazy because the lights within this pad actually
React to the sounds that are actually being created from the pipes. You know what I mean?
Like it's like when it goes up it goes up when it goes down. It goes down. It's really really cool
either way guys that is it for me here on FTD facts and I hope you like learning a lot about this truly amazing and
Fascinating country. Of course, there is so much more for us to talk about we didn't even get into it
There's UNESCO zones, which I wanted to talk about
there's so much history there's culture and there's just cool places within this country that just
Everybody needs to know about and with that in mind guys if you guys do want a part, too
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You know when we upload next but either way this has been us looking at the great amazing country known as Croatia
sure, we missed a lot and just
Uncovered a sliver of what is truly great about the people and culture and history of this amazing nation
it is a country that contributes to the world in new ways and gives us memory of our past and it's stories a
Nation that continues to develop its own individuality by moving forward with high hopes
This is the people country and culture of Croatia where the Sun never ever truly leaves
It's beautiful and respected shores
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