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The city of Zagreb is capital of Croatia. The city is positioned on the historic and political threshold between East and West and blends the continental and Mediterranean spirit of its nation. Zagreb is the cultural, scientific, economic, political and administrative centre of the Republic of Croatia and home to the Croatian Parliament, Government and President. Its favourable location between the Pannonian plain, the edge of the Alps and the Dinaric range has allowed it to become a crossing point for mass international communication.
The city is protected from the cold northern winds by the mountain of Medvednica and opens up to the rest of the world thanks to a spacious plain and the Sava river. Zagreb, with a population of nearly one million, contains almost a quarter of the entire population of Croatia. Over the centuries, the city was inhabited by people coming from all over Europe while in recenty years migrations from different parts of Croatia are ensuring rich cultural mark.