Primorsko-Goranska county is in the northern part of the Croatian
Adriatic on the crossroads of Central European and the Adriatic/Mediterranean
routes covering an area of 8,000 km² with more than half covered by sea.
There over 580 settlements with about 323,000 inhabitants. The largest town
and Port is Rijeka, the administrative, business, economic, cultural and
sports centre of the county. The other large settlements are Opatija, Mali Lošinj,
Crikvenica and Bakar.
This region also contains the capital Zagreb. The largest islands of the
County are Krk, Cres, Otok Rab and Lošinj.