Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 / 43.867; -18.417
Official languages	Bosnian Croatian Serbian
Ethnic groups (2013 census)	70.40% Bosniaks 22.44% Croats 2.55% Serbs 3.6% other
Government	Parliamentary system
• President	Marinko Čavara
• Prime Minister	Fadil Novalić
Legislature	Parliament
Formation
• Washington Agreement	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
Formally, Brčko District is held in condominium by both parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (namely, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska). De facto, however, it is a third entity, as it has the same powers as the Federation and Republika Srpska and is under the direct sovereignty of BiH.

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.