Counties of Croatia

Counties of Croatia Hrvatske županije (Croatian)
Category	Unitary state
Location	Republic of Croatia
Number	20 counties + Zagreb city
Populations	50,927 (Lika-Senj) – 790,017 (Zagreb)
Areas	640 km2 (247 sq mi) (Zagreb) – 5,350 km2 (2,067 sq mi) (Lika-Senj)
Government	County government, National government
Subdivisions	Municipality and City

The counties of Croatia (Croatian: županije) are the first-level administrative divisions of the Republic of Croatia.^[1] Croatia is divided into 20 counties and the capital city of Zagreb, which is both a county and a city. It is separate from Zagreb County.^[2][3] The counties are divided into 128 cities and 428 municipalities.^[4][5]

The counties are governed by county assemblies (Croatian: županijska skupština). Members of the county assembly are elected for a four-year term.^[6]

1. ↑ The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (consolidated text) - Croatian Parliament Archived 2015-11-02 at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved 5 October 2016.
2. ↑ "Gospodarski profil Grada Zagreba i Zagrebačke županije" [Economic profile of the City of Zagreb and the Zagreb County] (in Croatian). Croatian Chamber of Economy. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
3. ↑ "Zakon o područjima županija, gradova i općina u Republici Hrvatskoj" [Territories of Counties, Cities and Municipalities of the Republic of Croatia Act]. Narodne novine (in Croatian). 30 January 1997. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
4. ↑ "Zakon o područjima županija, gradova i općina u Republici Hrvatskoj" [Territories of Counties, Cities and Municipalities of the Republic of Croatia Act]. Narodne novine (in Croatian). 28 July 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
5. ↑ "Popovača dobila status grada". Poslovni dnevnik (in Croatian). 12 April 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
6. ↑ "Zakon o lokalnim izborima" [Local Elections Act]. Narodne novine (in Croatian). No. 144/2012. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2016.