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about Zagreb

Zagreb (pronounced ZAH-greb) is the capital city of Croatia. The city's population was 779,145 in 2001, and 1,088,841 with its metropolitan area (Samobor, Velika Gorica and Zaprešić), situated on the slopes of Medvednica mountain and along the banks of the Sava river; elevation 120 m.

Its favorable geographic position in the southwestern part of the Pannonian Basin which extends to the Alpine, Dinaric, Adriatic and Pannonic regions, provides the best valuation of connection for traffic between Central Europe and the Adriatic Sea.

The traffic position, concentration of industry (metal-processing, electrical appliances, textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals (Pliva), printing and leather industries, wood processing, paper etc.), scientific and research institutions and industrial tradition underlie its leading economic position. The city is relatively prosperous by eastern European standards, albeit the average incomes and prices are still lower than further in the west.

Zagreb seats central state administrative bodies and almost all government ministries.

Zagreb history

The city was founded in the 11th century (1094), and was declared a free city in the 13th century. The city core comprises the mediaeval parts of the town called Gradec (Grič) and Kaptol. The construction of the railway embankment (1860) enabled the old suburbs, which did not represent an urban whole up to then, to merge gradually into Donji Grad, characterized by a regular block pattern. During the Austro-Hungarian era Zagreb was called by its German name Agram.

Working-class quarters emerged between the railway and the Sava and residential quarters on the hills of the southern slopes of Medvednica between the two World Wars.

The blocks between the railway and the Sava were built after the Second World War followed from the mid-1950s by new residential areas south of the Sava river, the so-called Novi Zagreb (New Zagreb). The city also expanded towards the west and the east and "consumed" what were once mere villages at Dubrava, Podsused, Jarun etc.

The cargo railway hub and the international airport Pleso were built south of the Sava river. The biggest industrial zone (Žitnjak) in the southeast represents an extension of the industrial zones on the eastern outskirts of the city, between the Sava and the Prigorje region.

Urbanized lines of settlements connect Zagreb with the centers in its surroundings: Sesvete, Zaprešić, Samobor, Dugo Selo and Velika Gorica. Sesvete is the closest one to become a part of the conurbation and is in fact already included in the City of Zagreb rather than the Zagreb county (which excludes the city).

Near cities to Zagreb

• Velika Gorica travel guide 13 km
• Samobor travel guide 19 km
• Krapina travel guide 41 km
• Krsko travel guide 42 km
• Karlovac travel guide 47 km
• Sisak travel guide 48 km
• Krizevci travel guide 52 km
• Novo mesto travel guide 62 km
• Varazdin travel guide 64 km
• Ptuj travel guide 69 km

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