Bosniaand Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

AREA	51,129 sq km (19,741 sq miles).
POPULATION	4,510,000 (1996).
POPULATION DENSITY	88.2 per sq km.
CAPITAL	Sarajevo.
CAPITAL POPULATION	526,000 (1998).
GEOGRAPHY	Roughly triangular in shape, and the geopolitical centre of the former Yugoslav federation, Bosnia and Herzegovina shares borders with Serbia and Montenegro in the east and southeast, and Croatia to the north and west, with a short Adriatic coastline of 20km (12 miles) in the southeast, but no ports.
GOVERNMENT	Parliamentary Democracy. Under the terms of the 1995 Dayton Peace agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of two entities: Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine (the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Republika Srpska (the Serbian Republic). Heads of State: The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of two Members and one Chairperson: one Bosniak, one Serb and one Croat. Current Members and Chairman are: Alija Izetbegovic (1990/1998), Ante Jelavic (1998) and Zivko Radišic (1998). The chair rotates. Council of Ministers (central government): Bosnia and Herzegovina's central government is headed by two chairmen: Haris Silajdzic, since 1997, and Svetozar Mihajlovic, since 1999.
LANGUAGE	The official languages are Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian. The Croats and Bosniaks use the Latin alphabet, whereas the Serbs use the Cyrillic.
RELIGION	44% Muslim, 31% Orthodox and 17% Roman Catholic. 8% other denominations.
STANDARD TIME	GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in September).
ELECTRICITY	220 volts AC, 50Hz. 2-pin plugs are in use.

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