The caves near Pula (in latinium Pietas Julia), Lim fjord, Šandalja, and Roumald's cave, house Stone Age archaeological remains. Less ancient Stone Age sites, from the period between 6000 and 2000 BC can also be … See more

Protected from the north by the mountain chain of Alps as well the inner highland, the climate is Mediterranean and very pleasant with the highest air temperature averaging 24 °C during August The lowest air temperature averages 5 °C in January. Summers are … See more

Istria is well connected with the rest of Croatia and Europe. Due to its connection with a wider European area, road development … See more

Organized tourism in Istria goes back to the Romans, when emperor Vespasian, for the entertainment of that time, built the Pula Arena. During the reign of Austro-Hungarian Empire in (1866), Austrian and Hungarian royalty and aristocracy started visiting local resorts … See more

Its coastline is 445 km (277 mi) long with islands making up 539.9 km (335 mi). A smaller part of Istria also belongs to the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County of Croatia. Mirroring the bay of Venice across the Adriatic and the Quarnaro Gulf, the region is not far from the See more

According to the 2011 census the total population of Istria County is 208,055 which amounts to 4.85 percent of Croatia's entire population. The population density is 73 inhabitants per km with an average age of 43 years.
Istria county is … See more

Well-developed are processing industry, with traditional agriculture, sea fishing and growing, construction and production of construction materials (lime, cement, brick, stone), trade and transport. Most developed branches of industry are shipbuilding (In … See more