Croatia is a unitary state. The administrative division of the state is two-level:
● 21 counties,
● 127 cities and 428 municipalities.
The city of Zagreb has a special status – it has both municipal and county powers and plays a significant role in the performance of administrative tasks of the state on its territory. In addition to the Constitution which defines the system of local self-government, the status of local self-government units is regulated by the Act on local and regional self-government of 2001, the Act on public utility services and in detail by many other special laws.
Croatia is divided into 21 regional self-government units: 20 counties (Bjelovarsko-bilogorska, Virovitičko-podravska, Požeško-slavonska, Brodsko-posavska, Osječko-baranjska, Vukovarsko-srijemska, Karlovačka, Sisačko-moslavačka, Primorsko-goranska, Ličko-senjska, Zadarska, Šibensko-kninska, Splitsko-dalmatinska, Istarska, Dubrovačko-neretvanska, Međimurska, Varaždinska, Koprivničko-križevačka, Krapinsko-zagorska, Zagrebačka) and the city of Zagreb. Each county (apart from Zagreb which as the capital and the largest city has a special status of both the city and the district) consists of cities and municipalities. In total, there are 127 cities (without Zagreb) and 428 municipalities. The largest municipality in terms of population is Viškovo with 14,445 inhabitants.
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