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GENERAL DATA ABOUT BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
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Official name:
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Bosna i Hercegovina (BiH) |
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Geographic location:
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Bosnia and Herzegovina is located at the western part of Balkan peninsula. |
| Surrounding countries: |
Republic Serbija (north-east), Republic Crna Gora - Monte Negro(south-east), Republic Hrvatska-Croatia (norht, west and south). |
| Administrative division: |
BH is divided into two entities: Federation of Bosna and Herzegovina (F BiH) and Republic of Srpska (RS), and Brčko District.
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| Entitety structure: |
FBiH is devided to 10 cantons.
Cantons are divided to municipalities. F BiH has 79 municipalities.
Republic of Srpska has 62 municipalities.
City of Brčko is a separate administrative unit - District. |
| Area: |
Bosnia and Herzegovina has 51 209,2 km²
From that land is 51 197 km² and sea covers 12,2 km²
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| Climate: |
Mostly continental, mediteranian at the south. |
| Population: |
3842566 - estimated (6.30.2009.)
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| Population structure: |
Bosnians, Croatians, Serbians and others. |
| Capital: |
Sarajevo |
| Official languages: |
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian with two alphabets (latin and cyrillic) |
| Official currency: |
Konvertibilna marka (KM). (1 KM = 0,511292 Euro) |