Counties of Croatia Hrvatske županije (Croatian ) Counties of Croatia: Bjelovar-Bilogora Brod-Posavina Dubrovnik-Neretva Istria Karlovac Koprivnica-Križevci Krapina-Zagorje Lika-Senj Međimurje Osijek-Baranja Požega-Slavonia Primorje-Gorski Kotar Šibenik-Knin Sisak-Moslavina Split-Dalmatia Varaždin Virovitica-Podravina Vukovar-Srijem Zadar City of Zagreb Zagreb County 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]
↑ The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (consolidated text) - Croatian Parliament Archived 2015-11-02 at the Wayback Machine .Retrieved 5 October 2016.
↑ "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 .
↑ "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 .
↑ "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 .
↑ "Popovača dobila status grada" . Poslovni dnevnik (in Croatian). 12 April 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2014 .
↑ "Zakon o lokalnim izborima" [Local Elections Act]. Narodne novine (in Croatian). No. 144/2012. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2016 .