continental Croatia

{{Short description|Former statistical region in Croatia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Continental Croatia

| native_name = Kontinentalna Hrvatska

| settlement_type = Region

| image_map = NUTS of Croatia (2013).png

| map_caption = NUTS-2 regions of Croatia, Continental Croatia in orange

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CRO}}

| area_total_km2 = 31889

| area_footnotes = [http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tgs00002&plugin=1 Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions - km2]

| population_as_of =

| population_total = 2939900

| population_footnotes = [http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/refreshTableAction.do?tab=table&plugin=1&init=1&pcode=tgs00001&language=en Total average population, by NUTS 2 regions - (1 000 inhabitants)]

| population_density_km2 = auto

| blank_name_sec1 = NUTS code

| blank_info_sec1 = HR04

| blank_name_sec2 = GDP per capita (PPS)

| blank_info_sec2 = € 19,800 (2018)[http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tgs00005&plugin=1 Regional gross domestic product (PPS per inhabitant), by NUTS 2 regions]

}}

Continental Croatia ({{Langx|hr|Kontinentalna Hrvatska}}) was one of the two NUTS-2 Regions of Croatia between 2013 and 2021.https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/345175/7451602/NUTS2-changes-2016-to-2021.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} The region formed the continental part of the country. The most populated cities in the region were Zagreb, Osijek, Slavonski Brod, Karlovac, Sisak and Varaždin. It accounted for 56% of the country's territory and 67% of the population.

The existence of this large region that included the capital city of Zagreb was controversial in Croatia at the time, with public complaints on how it enabled an unjust distribution of European Union funding.{{cite web|title=Unitarna i centralizirana Hrvatska zrela za redizajn – Glas Slavonije|url=http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/176472/11/Unitarna-i-centralizirana-Hrvatska-zrela-za-redizajn|access-date=20 June 2017}}{{cite web|title=Sindikati traže izdvajanje Grada Zagreba iz statističke podjele RH|url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/sindikati-traze-izdvajanje-grada-zagreba-iz-statisticke-podjele-rh.html|access-date=20 June 2017}}

In 2021, it was replaced with three NUTS-2 regions: City of Zagreb, Northern Croatia and Pannonian Croatia.