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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
[change | change source]Zagreb is officially twinned with the following towns and cities:[1]
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
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Zagreb sister cities". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
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