Croatia-Slavonia
formerly a province or administrative division in the S. W. of the Austrian dominions in the Hungarian portion of the monarchy, partly bounded by the Adriatic. Since the World War a province of Greater Serbia (Jugoslavia). Area, 16,417 square miles. Its surface is irregular, the Alps extending into it, and culminating at the height of 4,400 feet. The Drave and the Save divide between them the whole drainage system. In the N. on low sunny slopes, the vine is successfully cultivated; the olive, mulberry, and fig thrive well on the coast. The S. is generally unfertile, and in many parts almost sterile. The principal crops are barley and oats; but the whole country is more pastoral than arable. The inhabitants are Croats and Serbs, with a mixture of Germans, Hungarians, Jews, and Gypsies. About three-fourths of the population are Catholics, the rest belong chiefly to the Greek Church. Capital, CROCKETT Zagrab. Pop. 2,650,000. In A. D. 640 the Croats, a tribe from the Carpathians , settled in Croatia, and gave their name to the country. It long maintained a sort of independent existence, but in 1309 it was incorporated with Hungary. See JUGO-SLAVIA.