Country Information: Area - 56,538, Population - 4,500,000, Location - Central Europe. UNESCO World Heritage List: Diocletian's Palace of Split, Plitvice Lakes, Stone Walls of Dubrovnik. International successes in sport: Bronze in 1998 World Cup Soccer, 2002 Wimbledon Champion Goran Ivanisevic, 3 gold and 1 silver medals by Janica Kostelic from Salt Lake City Winter Skiing Competition, Drazen Petrovic in basketball - the only non-american inducted in the american hall of fame. Croatian Inventions: Tie (Cravat), Ball-Point Pen by Penkala, Parachute - Faust Vrancic. Dalmatian Dog comes from Croatia. News sites: www.hina.hr, www.hr, www.hic.hr, www.croatianews.com. Language: http://www.hr/hrvatska/language/ , www.travlang.com .
