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Croatia ( i / k r oʊ ˈ eɪ ʃ ə / kroh- AY -shə ; Croatian : Hrvatska [xř̩ʋaːtskaː] ), officially the Republic of Croatia ( Croatian : Republika Hrvatska , listen ), is a sovereign state at the crossroads of Central Europe , Southeast Europe , and the Mediterranean . Its capital city is Zagreb , which forms one of the country's primary subdivisions , along with its twenty counties . Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles) and has diverse, mostly continental and Mediterranean climates
The Croats arrived in the area of present-day Croatia during the early part of the 7th century AD. They organised the state into two duchies by the 9th century. Tomislav became the first king by 925, elevating Croatia to the status of a kingdom. The Kingdom of Croatia retained its sovereignty for nearly two centuries, reaching its peak during the rule of Kings Peter Krešimir IV and Dmitar Zvonimir . Croatia entered a personal union with Hungary in 1102. In 1527, faced with Ottoman conquest , the Croatian Pa