Continental Croatia

Continental Croatia
Kontinentalna Hrvatska
Region
NUTS-2 regions of Croatia, Continental Croatia in orange
NUTS-2 regions of Croatia, Continental Croatia in orange
Country Croatia
Area
 • Total31,889 km2 (12,312 sq mi)
Population
 • Total2,939,900
 • Density92/km2 (240/sq mi)
NUTS codeHR04
GDP per capita (PPS)€ 19,800 (2018)[3]

Continental Croatia (Croatian: Kontinentalna Hrvatska) was one of the two NUTS-2 Regions of Croatia between 2013 and 2021.[4] The region formed the continental part of the country. The most populated cities in the region were Zagreb, Osijek, Slavonski Brod, Karlovac, Sisak and Varaždin. It accounted for 56% of the country's territory and 67% of the population.

The existence of this large region that included the capital city of Zagreb was controversial in Croatia at the time, with public complaints on how it enabled an unjust distribution of European Union funding.[5][6]

In 2021, it was replaced with three NUTS-2 regions: City of Zagreb, Northern Croatia and Pannonian Croatia.[4]

  1. ^ Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions - km2
  2. ^ Total average population, by NUTS 2 regions - (1 000 inhabitants)
  3. ^ Regional gross domestic product (PPS per inhabitant), by NUTS 2 regions
  4. ^ a b https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/345175/7451602/NUTS2-changes-2016-to-2021.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ "Unitarna i centralizirana Hrvatska zrela za redizajn – Glas Slavonije". Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Sindikati traže izdvajanje Grada Zagreba iz statističke podjele RH". Retrieved 20 June 2017.