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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]

Other websites[change | change source]

• Official website of the City of Zagreb

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