Bosnia and Herzegovina Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Bosnia and Herzegovina with its capital Sarajevo is located in Europe (Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia). It covers some 51,130 square kilometres (slightly smaller than West Virginia) with 4,590,000 citizens. Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian are the languages used by people in Bosnia and Herzegovina (consider regional differences). Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia are bordering countries.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a Balkan country that was formerly part of Yugoslavia. Mostly mountainous, it has access to a tiny portion of the Adriatic Sea coastline in the south. Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked next to The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as the poorest republic in the old Yugoslav federation. Although agriculture is almost all in private hands, farms are small and inefficient, and the republic traditionally is a net importer of food. Cycling can be beautiful in Bosnia. Other traffic is not so much used how to relate to bikes on their way. Hitching is not advised, and walking between towns can prove dangerous (including in areas which may not have been de-mined).

Pictures from Capital (Sarajevo)

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About Bosnia and Herzegovina

The topography features mountains and valleys. The average density of population is about 89 per km². The climate in Bosnia and Herzegovina can be described as hot summers and cold winters with areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters, mild, rainy winters along coast. Potential natural disasters are destructive earthquakes.

To reach someone in Bosnia and Herzegovina dial +387 prior to a number. There are 998,600 installed telephones. And there are 3,257,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ba". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 3 regions/states in Bosnia and Herzegovina we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Bosnian/Herzegovinian population grew at a rate of 0.02% (or by 739 citizens). With 40,254 deaths and 40,994 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.02%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.