Županije: The counties of Croatia

Croatia is divided into 21 administrative areas of local government (called županije).

Occasionally when I am reading a newspaper article I might see a reference to an incident or event that happened in Sisačko-moslovačka županija (for example), and so I read on in ignorance unless I look it up on the internet.

So just for myself it would be good to have an immediate point of reference at a glance. Perhaps you might find it useful also ….
 

The Croatian government provides a clear map showing the location of these:

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Source: http://croatia.eu/article.php?lang=2&id=30.

Here is the key to the numbering system:
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I.          Zagrebačka županija                                      Zagreb County
II.         Krapinsko-Zagorska županija                         Krapina-Zagorje County
III.        Sisačko-moslavačka županija                        Sisak-Moslavina County
IV.        Karlovačka županija                                        Karlovac County
V.         Varaždinska županija                                      Varaždin County
VI.        Koprivničko-križevačka županija                     Koprivnica-Križevci County
VII.       Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija                     Bjelovar-Bilogora County
VIII.      Primorsko-goranska županija                         Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
IX.        Ličko-senjska županija                                    Lika-Senj County
X.         Virovitičko-podravska županija                       Virovitica-Podravina County
XI.        Požeško-slavonska županija                           Požega-Slavonia County
XII.       Brodsko-posavska županija                            Brod-Posavina County
XIII.      Zadarska županija                                           Zadar County
XIV.     Osječko-baranjska županija                            Osijek-Baranja County
XV.      Šibensko-kninska županija                              Šibenik-Knin County
XVI.     Vukovarsko-srijemska županija                       Vukovar-Srijem County
XVII.    Splitsko-dalmatinska županija                         Split-Dalmatia County
XVIII.   Istarska županija                                             Istra County
XIX.     Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija                  Dubrovnik-Neretva County
XX.      Međimurska županija                                      Međimurje County
XXI.     Grad Zagreb                                                    The City of Zagreb
 

Here is another version, of unknown origin and with some numbers of unknown meaning, that you might find useful:
 

Note the different form of the names in this map – for example, Sisak-Moslavina, rather than Sisačko-moslavačka županija.
 

You can find the administrative centre, the population, and the area – as well as the URL for the website for each county - at http://croatia.eu/article.php?lang=2&id=30.

Smaller administrative units within the counties are 127 cities and towns in urban areas, and 429 municipalities in less-populated regions.
 

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