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**[[Croats]] (14,3%), whose main religious culture is [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]]. | **[[Croats]] (14,3%), whose main religious culture is [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]]. | ||
**[[Serbs]] (37,1%), whose main religious culture is [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodoxy]]. | **[[Serbs]] (37,1%), whose main religious culture is [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodoxy]]. | ||
*The official language of the state is [[Serbo-Croatian]], officially “designated by one of the three terms: [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]], [[Croatian language|Croatian]]” (according to the 1993 language law). “Both alphabets, [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] and [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]], are equal” (according to the same law). | |||
*The state of ''Bosnia and Herzegovina'' (as it is officially named) comprises the two following autonomous regions, called “entities”: | *The state of ''Bosnia and Herzegovina'' (as it is officially named) comprises the two following autonomous regions, called “entities”: | ||
**The officially named [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], also called, in order to avoid confusion with the whole state, ''Muslim-Croat Federation'' or ''Bosniak-Croat Federation'', in the center and the west. It is mainly inhabited by Bosniaks (Muslims) and Croats. | **The officially named [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], also called, in order to avoid confusion with the whole state, ''Muslim-Croat Federation'' or ''Bosniak-Croat Federation'', in the center and the west. It is mainly inhabited by Bosniaks (Muslims) and Croats. | ||
**The [[Republika Srpska]], in the east and the north. It is mainly inhabited by Serbs. | **The [[Republika Srpska]], in the east and the north. It is mainly inhabited by Serbs. | ||
**It has to be noted that the little [[Brčko District]] is shared by both entities. | **It has to be noted that the little [[Brčko District]] is shared by both entities. | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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Revision as of 08:10, 15 July 2010
Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Bosna i Hercegovina, Босна и Херцеговина) is a country on the Balkan peninsula. It borders Croatia to the north and to the west, Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the south and has a narrow access to the Adriatic Sea. The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina is Sarajevo. The country has 51 187 km² and 4 621 598 inhabitants (July 2010 est.).[1]
This state recognizes three constituent nationalities, a language with three names and two autonomnous regions.
- The citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina are officially called “Bosnians” (or, unofficially, “Bosniaks”). They comprise three, main “constituent nationalities”:
- The official language of the state is Serbo-Croatian, officially “designated by one of the three terms: Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian” (according to the 1993 language law). “Both alphabets, Latin and Cyrillic, are equal” (according to the same law).
- The state of Bosnia and Herzegovina (as it is officially named) comprises the two following autonomous regions, called “entities”:
- The officially named Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, also called, in order to avoid confusion with the whole state, Muslim-Croat Federation or Bosniak-Croat Federation, in the center and the west. It is mainly inhabited by Bosniaks (Muslims) and Croats.
- The Republika Srpska, in the east and the north. It is mainly inhabited by Serbs.
- It has to be noted that the little Brčko District is shared by both entities.