Bosnia and Herzegovina

Guide to BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA which official name is Bosnia and Herzegovina or Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a country from Europe located at the Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA with 1,459 km sq km, limits with: Croatia 932 km, Montenegro 225 km, Serbia 302 km; and is divided in 2 first-order administrative divisions and 1 internationally supervised district* - Brcko district . BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's capital is Sarajevo which is the most populated city with about 696,726 inhabitants.

History of BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's government is emerging federal democratic republic; a Republic with a Executive government type, with Tripartite presidency:[2] Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšic, Nebojša Radmanovic, Haris Silajdžic as head of state and Prime Minister Nikola Špiric as head of government.

Other symbols of BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA are Bosnian anthem "Intermeco, formerly: Jedna i Jedina (One and Only) Bosnian flag.Bosnian flag is composed by a wide medium blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top of the flag; the remainder of the flag is medium blue with seven full five-pointed white stars and two half stars top and bottom along the hypotenuse of the triangle .

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's history is quite long: Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991 was followed by a declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs. The Bosnian Serbs - supported by neighboring Serbia and Montenegro - responded with armed resistance aimed at partitioning the republic along ethnic lines and joining Serb-held areas to form a "Greater Serbia." In March 1994, Bosniaks and Croats reduced the number of warring factions from three to two by signing an agreement creating a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 21 November 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, the warring parties initialed a peace agreement that brought to a halt three years of interethnic civil strife (the final agreement was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995). The Dayton Peace Accords retained Bosnia and Herzegovina's international boundaries and created a joint multi-ethnic and democratic government charged with conducting foreign, diplomatic, and fiscal policy. Also recognized was a second tier of government comprised of two entities roughly equal in size: the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska (RS). The Federation and RS governments were charged with overseeing most government functions. The Office of the High Representative (OHR) was established to oversee the implementation of the civilian aspects of the agreement. In 1995-96, a NATO-led international peacekeeping force (IFOR) of 60,000 troops served in Bosnia to implement and monitor the military aspects of the agreement. IFOR was succeeded by a smaller, NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) whose mission was to deter renewed hostilities. European Union peacekeeping troops (EUFOR) replaced SFOR in December 2004; their mission is to maintain peace and stability throughout the country. EUFOR plans to phase out its mission beginning in 2007.

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAs geography

Guide to travel to BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

If you are thinking on traveling to BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, you will have to take in consideration some points like BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's currency, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's weather, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's national holiday and BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA`s currency is called 0 ( 0

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's weather is characterized to be hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.

You can also consider to visit BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA on it's national holiday to get in BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's culture. If you do so, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's national holiday is called National Day, 25 November.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Maglic 2,386 m. And try also to get to BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, with more than 28 airports and 1 airlines, you will get to BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA has about608 of railways, and also0 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Bosnian Culture

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA is known by Bosnians as Bosna i Hercegovina in the shortened way. Bosnian, about 4,552,198 people, are composed by different ethnics: Bosniak 48%, Serb 37.1%, Croat 14.3%, other 0.6% (2000). And they also have different languages: Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian.

Another relevant point nowadays it's BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's religion. Bosnians are divided in Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%. So you can visit any of it's3 like Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Sarajevo .

But if want to know more about BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA's culture, the best way is by reading the most famous Bosnian novelists' books like Ivo Andric, (1892–1975), Nobel Prize for Literature (1961) .

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