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Bosnia and Herzegovina is in the western Balkans, bordering Croatia (932 km or 579 mi) to the north and west, Serbia (302 km or 188 mi) to the east, and Montenegro (225 km or 140 mi) to the southeast. It has a coastline about 20 kilometres (12 miles) long surrounding the town of Neum.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in the western Balkan Peninsula of Europe. Bosnia, the larger region, occupies the country’s northern and central parts, and Herzegovina is in the south and southwest.
Bosnia and Herzegovina declared sovereignty in October 1991 and independence from the SFRY on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs. Bosnian Serb militias, with the support of Serbia and Croatia, then tried to take control of territories they claimed as their own.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in Southeast Europe on the Balkan Peninsula. It has had permanent settlement since the Neolithic Age. By the early historical period it was inhabited by Illyrians and Celts. Christianity arrived in the 1st century, and by the 4th century the area became part of the Western Roman Empire.
More than 100,000 people were killed and around two million displaced in the war, which also left the infrastructure and economy in tatters. Its three main communities are Bosniak Muslims, Croats...
Bosnia and Herzegovina declared sovereignty in October 1991 and independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs.
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Country, Balkan Peninsula, southeastern Europe. It is bounded by Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and, along a narrow extension of the country, the Adriatic Sea. Area: 19,772 sq mi (51,209 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 3,393,000. Capital: Sarajevo.
Austria-Hungary controlled Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1878 to 1918, when it joined the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. In 1945, Bosnia and Herzegovina became part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), until declaring independence in 1992.
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Multiethnic, Federation, Politics: The internationally brokered Dayton Accords—the peace agreement negotiated in Dayton, Ohio, U.S., in November 1995—established Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state composed of two highly autonomous entities, the Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb Republic) and the Federation of Bosnia and ...
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country located in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, in the southeastern region of the European continent. It is geographically positioned both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth.