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# Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosna i Hercegovina Босна и Херцеговина Bosnia and Herzegovina

Official flag | Official Coat of Arms

National information
National motto: | none
National anthem: | "Intermeco"
About the people
Official languages: | Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian

Population:
(# of people)

- Total: 3,900,000 (July 2006 estimate)
  (ranked #128th)
- Density: 76 per km²

Geography / Places
Here is the country on a map of the world.
Capital city: | Sarajevo
Largest city: | Sarajevo

Area

- Total: 51,197
  (ranked #127th)
- Water: km² (less than 0%)

Politics / Government
Established: | 6 April 1992
Leaders: | Presidency members: Nebojša Radmanović (Presiding Chair, Serb) Haris Silajdžić (Vice President, (Bosniak) Željko Komšić (Vice President, (Croat) Chairman of the Council of Ministers: Nikola Špirić
Economy / Money
Currency: (Name of money) | Convertible mark
International information
Time zone: | CET +1 CEST +2
Telephone dialing code: | +387
Internet domain: | .ba

Bosnia and Herzegovina or Bosnia-Herzegovina (locally: Bosna i Hercegovina/Босна и Херцеговина, most commonly abbreviated as BiH/БиХ) is a country in Europe, with an area of 51,000 km2 and 4,500,000 people. Countries around Bosnia and Herzegovina are Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. The capital is Sarajevo, and other important cities are Banja Luka, Mostar and Tuzla.

## [edit] History

The first state in Bosnia and Herzegovina was in the Middle Ages. During the Ottoman Empire, it was a very important province, and the capital, Sarajevo, had 100,000 people. In 1878 it became controlled by Austria-Hungary when the Empire took over Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908. In 1914 the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie Chotek, were killed in Sarajevo, leading to World War I. From 1918 until 1992, the country was a part of the former Yugoslavia. After a big war, Bosnia and Herzegovina got independence as a country with many different peoples, languages and religions.

## [edit] External links

- Bosnia and Herzegovina online
- Bosnia News

Countries and territories of Europe
Albania - Andorra - Armenia - Austria - Azerbaijan1 - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus2 - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Georgia1 - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Moldova - Monaco - Montenegro - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Republic of Macedonia - Romania - Russia1 - San Marino - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey1 - Ukraine - United Kingdom - Vatican City
Dependencies: Akrotiri and Dhekelia2 - Faroe Islands - Gibraltar - Guernsey - Jan Mayen - Jersey - Isle of Man - Svalbard
Unrecognised countries: Abkhazia | Nagorno-Karabakh2 | South Ossetia | Transnistria | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus2
1. Country partly in Asia. 2. Geographically in Asia, but often counted as part of Europe for cultural and historical reasons.

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