This article is about the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. For other uses of the term Bosnia, see Bosnia.
Bosna i Hercegovina Босна и ХерцеговинаBosnia and Herzegovina |
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Motto "Jedna lasta, men' s' čini proljeće" |
Anthem Intermeco
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  Location of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Capital (and largest city) | Sarajevo 4352′N, 1825′E] |
| Official languages | Bosnian Croatian Serbian |
| Demonym | Bosnian, Herzegovinian |
| Government | Parliamentary democracy |
| - | Presidency members | Željko Komšić1 Nebojša Radmanović2 Haris Silajdžić3 |
| - | Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Nikola Špirić |
| - | High Representative | Miroslav Lajčák4 |
| Independence |
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| - | Formed | 29 August 1189 |
| - | Kingdom established | 26 October 1377 |
| - | Independence lost to Ottoman Empire | 1463 |
| - | National Day | November 25, 1943 |
| - | Independence from SFR Yugoslavia | March 1 1992 |
| - | Recognized | April 6 1992 |
| - | Water (%) | negligible |
| Population |
| - | 2007 estimate | 3,935,000 (126th5) |
| - | 1996 census | 3,919,953 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2007 estimate |
| - | Total | $36.5 billion (IMF) (94th) |
| - | Per capita | $9,168 ([2]IMF]) (77th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2007 estimate |
| - | Total | $13.2 billion (IMF) |
| - | Per capita | $3,306 (IMF) |
| Gini? (2001) | 26.2 (low) |
| HDI (2004) | 0.800 (high) (62nd) |
| Currency | Convertible mark (BAM) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Internet TLD | .ba |
| Calling code | +387 |
| 1 | Presidency Chair; Croat. |
| Baščaršija, Old town of Sarajevo Image:Sarajevo Ferhad-begova-Mosque02.jpg
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Coat of arms elements A
motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization.
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national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a country's government as the official
..... Click the link for more information. "Intermeco" ("Intermezzo") is the title of the national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The anthem was adopted on 10 February 1998, along with a new flag. "Intermeco" replaced the older "Jedna si jedina", which was accused of excluding the country's Serb and Croat communities.
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capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of "capital") is the center of government.
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Bosniaks Croats Serbs
Jews Montenegrins See also 1991 population census • Constitutional nations • Demographics
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A view of Sarajevo in April 2007.
Flag
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Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
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Central South Slavic
languages and dialects
(Central South Slavic diasystem)
Bosnian Bunjevac
Burgenland Croatian Croatian
Montenegrin Našinski Serbian Serbo-Croatian
Šokac
Romano-Serbian Slavoserbian
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Official status
Official language of:
Burgenland (Austria)
Caraşova in Caraş-Severin County (Romania)
Croatia
Molise (Italy)
Vojvodina (Serbia)
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Official status
Official language of: Serbia
Republic of Macedonia (in some municipalities)
Regulated by: Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Language codes
ISO 639-1: sr
ISO 639-2: scc (B)
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Bosnians (Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian:Bosanci / Босанци; sing. Bosanac / Босанац) are people who live in, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Herzegovina (natively: Hercegovina or Херцеговина) is a historical and geographical region in the Dinaric Alps that comprises the southern part of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.[1]
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The term independence is used in contrast to subjugation,
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August 29 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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October 26th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints:
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Gregorian calendar 1377
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Ab urbe condita 2130
Armenian calendar 826
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Bah' calendar -467 – -466
Buddhist calendar 1921
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Ottoman Empire or Ottoman Caliphate (1299 to 1922) (Old Ottoman Turkish: دولت عالیه عثمانیه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish:
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The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian (Cyrillic only): Socijalistička federativna republika Jugoslavija or Социјалистичка
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Events
- 648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.
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