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Una-Sana Canton

Una-Sana Canton
Unsko-sanski kanton
Flag of Una-Sana
Coat of arms of Una-Sana
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Una-Sana
Status Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Capital
and largest city
Bihać
Official languages Bosnian and Croatian
Ethnic groups (2013) 90.02% Bosniaks
3.09% Serbs
1.85% Croats
5.04% others
Demonym Una-Sanian
Government Parliamentary system
• Prime Minister
Husein Rošić
Legislature Assembly of the Una-Sana Canton
Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Establishment
12 June 1996
Area
• Total
4,125 km2 (1,593 sq mi)
Population
• 2013 census
273,261
• Density
66.24/km2 (171.6/sq mi)
GDP (nominal) 2013 estimate
• Total
BAM 1,243.229 million
• Per capita
BAM 4153.19
Currency BAM
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)
CEST (UTC+2)
Date format dd-mm-yyyy
Drives on the right

The Una-Sana Canton (Bosnian: Unsko-sanski kanton;Croatian: Unsko-sanska županija; Serbian Cyrillic: Унско-сански кантон) is one of the ten cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the northwest of the country and has been named after the rivers Una and Sana. The center of the cantonal government is Bihać. The canton is bordered by Republika Srpska from east, Canton 10 from southeast, and Croatia from south, west, and north.

It is divided into municipalities (usually eponymous with towns) of Bihać, Bosanska Krupa, Bosanski Petrovac, Bužim, Cazin, Ključ, Sanski Most and Velika Kladuša.

In the 1991 census, the canton of Una-Sana had 330,479 residents, including:

In the 2013 census, the canton of Una-Sana had 273,261 residents, including:

Due to the proximity to Croatia and that country's narrow northern outline, various important traffic lines between Zagreb and the Adriatic traverse the Una-Sana canton, such as the railway line Bosanski Novi — Bihać — Knin. The largest airport of Željava is located near Bihać and is located right between Bosnian and Croatian border.


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