Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bosna i Hercegovina Босна и Херцеговина Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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National motto: | none | ||||
National anthem: | "Intermeco" | ||||
About the people | |||||
Official languages: | Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian | ||||
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Capital city: | Sarajevo | ||||
Largest city: | Sarajevo | ||||
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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 |
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Time zone: | CET +1 CEST +2 |
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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.
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Countries and territories of Europe |
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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. |