Zagreb

As well as being the capital city, Zagreb is the cultural, scientific, economic and governmental centre of the Republic of Croatia. It has a population of 790,017 inhabitants within the city boundary, which covers an area of 641.32 km2. The metropolitan area has a population of 1,088,841 and includes smaller cities of Samobor, Velika Gorica and Zaprešić. Zagreb has the highest GDP per capita in Croatia (18,503 EUR in 2011). In 2014 the average unemployment rate in Zagreb was around 11%, almost half the national average. Zagreb is also strategically located as a ‘gateway’ linking central with South-eastern Europe, it has significant potential for investment and development being important international trade and business centre.