Zagreb (; names in other languages) is the
capital and the largest city of the
Republic of Croatia. It is located in the northwest of the country, along the
Sava river, at the southern slopes of the
Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately
above sea level. In the last official census of 2011 the population of the City of Zagreb was 790,017. The wider Zagreb metropolitan area includes the City of Zagreb and the separate
Zagreb County bringing the total metropolitan area population up to 1,113,111. It is the biggest metropolitan area in Croatia with a population of over one million.