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Bosnia and Herzegovina [a] (Serbo-Croatian: Bosna i Hercegovina, Босна и Херцеговина), [b] [c] sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula. It borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest.
Two schools under one roof [a] is a term for schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina based on the ethnic segregation of children on the pretext of speaking different languages. [2] Children from two ethnic groups, Bosniaks and Croats , attend classes in the same building, but physically separated from each other and taught separate curricula. [ 3 ]
The part of the Bistrik, large neighborhood in the Stari Grad municipality, which spread on the left bank of the Miljacka river on the slopes of Trebević mountain, where the Franciscan friary and the votive church of St. Anthony of Padua are located, used to be called Latinluk (transl. Latin quarter), implying a presence of the Roman Catholic faithful in that part of the Bistrik neighborhood.
The Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. According to the latest census from 2013, there are 544,114 Catholics in Bosnia and Herzegovina , making up 15.41% of the population.
The Saint Joseph's Church (Bosnian: Crkva svetog Josipa) is a Roman Catholic church in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was proclaimed a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2008. It was proclaimed a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2008.
The U.S. Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina is in Sarajevo. The current Ambassador is Michael J. Murphy. The Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington, D.C. is Bosnia and Herzegovina's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 2109 E Street N.W. in Washington, D.C.'s Foggy Bottom neighborhood. [4]
According to the most recent census, conducted in 2013 and whose results were published in 2016, Muslims today constitute 50.70% of the population; traditional local Christians (Catholic and Orthodox), constitute 45.94%; and other groups, including Protestants, Jews and nonreligious persons, constitute 3.36%, [5] although these figures are often disputed by Bosnia's Serb community. [6]
Medjugorje [note 1] (Serbo-Croatian: Međugorje, pronounced [mêdʑuɡoːrje] ⓘ) is a village in the municipality of Čitluk in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.