Primorje-Gorski kotar county

General data:
Area: 3 588 km²
Population: 305 505 (podaci 2001.g.)
City: 14
Municipality: 21
Its capital is Rijeka.

Primorje-Gorski Kotar county - Primorsko-goranska županija is a county in western Croatia that includes the Bay of Kvarner and the surrounding Northern Croatian seacoast, and the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar.The county includes the islands of Krk, Cres, Lošinj and Rab.

The tourist image of the city is determined by Rijeka’s position in the inlet of the Adriatic the Gulf of Kvarner. This position is enhanced by natural features, historical and cultural values, and the Mediterranean climate. Rijeka is a city that has a rich and turbulent past.

It is also shaped by its maritime traditions, its function as a centre for transportation and the entrepot trade and a fair city. It is the administrative, commercial, business, academic and cultural centre of the whole of the Kvarner region.

With its World Trade Center and the Adriatic’s biggest port, Rijeka is a place where numerous business contacts with the whole world are made. Rijeka has the coast’s most important tourist and maritime terminal, a ferry and shipping port that is the starting point for all the lines that run down the Adriatic coast and to the islands,for both cars and passengers. People come into Rijeka by land, sea and air.