Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine
Федерација Босне и Херцеговине |
|
---|---|
Location of the Federation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina (yellow) within Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brčko District is shown in pale green.a |
|
Capital and largest city |
Sarajevo 43°52′N 18°25′W / 43.867°N 18.417°W |
Official languages |
|
Ethnic groups (2013 census) | |
Government | Parliamentary system |
Marinko Čavara | |
Fadil Novalić | |
Legislature | Parliament |
Formation | |
18 March 1994 | |
• Recognized
|
14 December 1995 |
Area | |
• Total
|
26,110.5 km2 (10,081.3 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 2013 estimate
|
2,371,603 |
• Density
|
91/km2 (235.7/sq mi) |
Currency | Convertible mark (BAM) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST)
|
CEST (UTC+2) |
Calling code | +387 |
|
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine, Cyrillic script: Федерација Босне и Херцеговине; pronounced [federǎːt͡sija bôsneː i xěrt͡segoʋineː]) is one of the two political entities that compose Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of 10 autonomous cantons with their own governments. It is inhabited primarily by Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats, which is why it is sometimes informally referred to as the Bosniak-Croat Federation (with the Bosnian Serbs as the third constituency of the entity). It is sometimes known by the shorter name Federation of B&H (Federacija BiH).
The Federation was created by the 1994 Washington Agreement, which ended the part of the conflict whereby Bosnian Croats fought with Bosniaks. It established a constituent assembly that continued its work until October 1996. The Federation has a capital, government, president, parliament, customs and police departments, two postal systems and an airline (BH Airlines). It had its own army, the Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was merged with the Army of the Republika Srpska to form the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The capital and largest city is Sarajevo with 438,443 inhabitants and the total population of 688,354 in its metropolitan area.