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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnia and Herzegovina, often referred to as Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest, with a 20-kilometre-long (12-mile) coast on the Adriatic Sea in the south. Bosnia has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. Its geography is largely mountainous, particularly in the central and eastern regions, which are dominated by the Dinaric Alps. Herzegovina, the smaller, southern region, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city.

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People are called
Bosnian, Herzegovinian
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+387
Capital
Sarajevo
Population
3,816,459
Area
51,209 km2
Climate
Continental
Government
Parliamentary republic
Currency
convertible mark
Languages
Bosnian 52.9%, Serbian 30.8%, Croatian 14.6%
Sells
footwear, electricity, garments, plastic products
Sells to
Germany 15%, Croatia 14%, Serbia 12%
Land borders
3: Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+387
Founded
1992
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Bosnian, Herzegovinian

These are English demonyms for people from Bosnia and Herzegovina. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

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BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Bosnianofficial
52.9%
Serbianofficial
30.8%
Croatianofficial
14.6%

Largest cities

Sarajevo  capital 696,731
Banja Luka 221,106
Zenica 164,423
Tuzla 142,486
Mostar 104,518

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Parliamentary republic.

Climate and geography

hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast

Climate zone

Highest point

Landmarks and landscapes

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Alija Izetbegovic
Alija Izetbegovic First president of independent Bosnia Alija Izetbegović was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosopher and author who served as the president of the presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996.
Ivo Andric
Ivo Andric Nobel laureate novelist Ivo Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: area, founded, languages, past leaders.