Capital/largest city: Koprivnica (approximately 28,000–30,000 inhabitants).
Major cities: Koprivnica (capital), Križevci, and Đurđevac.
Number of municipalities: 3 cities + 22 municipalities.
Main characteristics: Fertile, flat Podravina and Prigorje regions → strong agricultural activity (corn, sugar beets, vegetables).
Well-known company: Podravka (food group, including Vegeta herb mix, from Koprivnica).
Tourist attractions: naive art (painters of the Hlebine school: Generalić, Večenaj), medieval towns of Križevci and Đurđevac, Picokijada festival (traditional folk festival in Đurđevac), vineyards around Križevci and Kalnik.
Location: strategic corridor between Hungary (border with Hungary via Drava) and central Croatia → important north-south traffic axis.
In short: a rural, agricultural county with rich folklore, naive art tradition, and Podravka as an economic symbol, located between the Hungarian border and Zagreb (approx. 70 km).
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