What is Zagreb?
[[File:Zagreb trg bana Jelačića.jpg|thumb|Ban Jelačić Square]] [[File:Zageb_Croatian National Theater.jpg|thumb|180px|Croatian National Theater]] [[File:Pabellón del Arte, Zagreb, Croacia, 2014-04-20, DD 04.JPG|thumbnail|Art Pavilion]] [[File:Flag of Zagreb.svg|right|250px]] [[File:Coat of arms of Zagreb.svg|right|100px]] '''Zagreb''' is the [[Capital (city)|capital city]] and the largest city of the [[country]] of [[Croatia]]. It has a [[population]] of 792.000 people and its [[metropolitan area]] ([[Zagreb County]], [[Krapina-Zagorje County]] and [[Sisak-Moslavina County]]) has a population of 1.2 million (2005). The first mention of the name Zagreb appeared in 1094. == Sister cities == Zagreb is officially [[sister cities|twinned]] with the following towns and cities:<ref name=zagreb_sister_cities>{{cite web |url=http://www.zagreb.hr/mms/en/index.html |title=Zagreb sister cities |accessdate=2007-02-17 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042510/http://www.zagreb.hr/mms/en/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Mainz]], [[Germany]], since 1967 * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]], since 1968) * {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Tromsø]], [[Norway]], since 1971 * {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]], since 1972 * {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Kraków]], [[Poland]], since 1975 * {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]], since 1977 * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States|U.S.]], since 1980 * {{flagicon|People's Republic of China}} [[Shanghai]], [[PRC|China]], since 1980 * {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Bologna]], [[Italy]], since 1984 * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], since 1994 * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], since 1994 * {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Sarajevo]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], since 2001 * {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]], since 2001 * {{flagicon|Montenegro}} [[Podgorica]], [[Montenegro]], since 2006 == References == {{reflist}} =