Zagreb

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Ban Jelačić Square

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Croatian National Theater

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Art Pavilion

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Zagreb is the capital city and the largest city of the country of Croatia. It has a population of 792.000 people and its metropolitan area (Zagreb County, Krapina-Zagorje County and Sisak-Moslavina County) has a population of 1.2 million (2005).

The first mention of the name Zagreb appeared in 1094.

Sister cities

Zagreb is officially twinned with the following towns and cities:

• Mainz, Germany, since 1967
• Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 1968)
• Tromsø, Norway, since 1971
• Kyoto, Japan, since 1972
• Kraków, Poland, since 1975
• Lisbon, Portugal, since 1977
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., since 1980
• Shanghai, China, since 1980
• Bologna, Italy, since 1984
• Budapest, Hungary, since 1994
• Vienna, Austria, since 1994
• Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 2001
• Ljubljana, Slovenia, since 2001
• Podgorica, Montenegro, since 2006

Zagreb Media

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  Ruins of the ancient Roman town Andautonia near Zagreb

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  Modern Zagreb's town core emerged from the Upper Town medieval settlements of Gradec and Kaptol. Picture from 1689.

• Urbanization of Zagreb

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  Zagreb, Croatia, as seen by Sentinel 2A satellite on 14 August 2016.

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  Aerial view of Zagreb's downtown

• Medvedgrad i Zagreb.jpg

  Ruševine srednjovjekovnog grada Medvedgrada

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  Zagreb population pyramid in 2021

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  Districts of Zagreb (map with numbers).

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  Croatian Parliament (Sabor) on Saint Mark's Square.

Other websites

• Official website of the City of Zagreb