Una-Sana Canton Unsko-sanski kanton
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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
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Husein Rošić | ||||
Legislature | Assembly of the Una-Sana Canton | ||||
Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||
• Establishment
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12 June 1996 | ||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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4,125 km2 (1,593 sq mi) | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2013 census
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273,261 | ||||
• Density
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66.24/km2 (171.6/sq mi) | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate | ||||
• Total
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BAM 1,243.229 million | ||||
• Per capita
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BAM 4153.19 | ||||
Currency | BAM | ||||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||
• Summer (DST)
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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.