Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosna i Hercegovina
Босна и Херцеговина |
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Anthem:
 Državna himna Bosne i Hercegovine / Државна химна Босне и Херцеговине The National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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![Location of Bosnia and Herzegovina (green)on the European continent (dark grey) — [Legend]](/wiki/File:Europe-Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg) Location of Bosnia and Herzegovina (green)
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| Capital (and largest city) |
Sarajevo 43°52′N 18°25′E / 43.867°N 18.417°E |
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| Official language(s) | Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian.[1] | |||||
| Ethnic groups (2000) | 48.0% Bosniaks, 37.1% Serbs, 14.3% Croats, 0.6% others[2] |
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| Demonym | Bosnians, Herzegovinians[2] | |||||
| Government | Federal democratic republic[2] | |||||
| - | High Representative | Valentin Inzko1 | ||||
| - | Presidency members | Bakir Izetbegović2 Željko Komšić3 Nebojša Radmanović4 |
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| - | Prime Minister | Vjekoslav Bevanda | ||||
| Independence | ||||||
| - | First mentioned | 950/753 | ||||
| - | Banate | 1154 | ||||
| - | Kingdom | 1377 | ||||
| - | Independence lost to Ottoman Empire conquest |
1463 | ||||
| - | Bosnian uprising | 1831 | ||||
| - | Jurisdiction transferred to Austro-Hungarian Empire |
1878 | ||||
| - | Annexation of Bosnia by Austro-Hungarian Empire | 1908 | ||||
| - | National Day | November 25, 1943 (ZAVNOBIH) | ||||
| - | Independence Day (from SFR Yugoslavia) | March 1, 1992 | ||||
| - | Observed | April 6, 1992 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 51,197 km2 (127th) 19,741 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | 2011 estimate | 3,839,737 [3] (129th5) | ||||
| - | 1991 census | 4,377,033 [4] | ||||
| - | Density | 75/km2 (129th5) 194/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $31.366 billion[5] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $8,063[5] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $18.294 billion[5] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $4,702[5] | ||||
| Gini (2007) | 34.1[6] | |||||
| HDI (2011) | ▲ 0.733[7] (high) (74th) | |||||
| Currency | Convertible Mark (BAM) |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Date formats | dd.mm.yyyy (CE) | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .ba | |||||
| Calling code | 387 | |||||
| 1 | Not a government member; the High Representative is an international civilian peace implementation overseer with authority to dismiss elected and non-elected officials and enact legislation | |||||
| 2 | Current presidency Chair; Bosniak. | |||||
| 3 | Current presidency member; Croat. | |||||
| 4 | Current presidency member; Serb. | |||||
| 5 | Rank based on 2007 UN estimate of de facto population. | |||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina or Bosnia-Herzegovina (locally: Bosna i Hercegovina/Босна и Херцеговина, most commonly abbreviated as BiH/БиХ) is a country in Southeastern Europe, with an area of 51,197 km2 and 4,600,000 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.
[change] History
The first state in Bosnia and Herzegovina was in the Middle Ages. During the Ottoman Empire, it was a very important province in the Balkans and the capital, Sarajevo, had 100,000 people. In 1878, it became a province of Austria-Hungary when the Empire took over Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908. In 1914 the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo, leading to World War I. From 1918 until 1992, the country was a part of the former Yugoslavia. After a 3-year long war, Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaimed independence as a country consiting mostly of Serbs, Croats and Bosnian muslims.
[change] Other pages
- Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Olympics
- Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
- List of rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
[change] References
- ↑ Agency of Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. "About BiH". Agency of Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. http://www.bhas.ba/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&itemid=80&lang=en&Itemid=. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedasbh - ↑ 1991 census -Total population of 4,377,033
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Bosnia and Herzegovina". International Monetary Fund. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2008&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=963&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=&pr.x=35&pr.y=1. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- ↑ "Distribution of family income – Gini index". The World Factbook. CIA. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2172.html. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2011". United Nations. 2011. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Table1.pdf. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
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