Bosnia and Herzegovina
geographical name
Bos·nia and Her·ze·go·vi·na
ˈbäz-nē-ə 
ˈbȯz-
independent state comprising the historical regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and now divided on the basis of ethnicity and religion into the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which shares its western and southern borders with Croatia
, and the Republika Srpska, which shares its northern border with Croatia and its eastern border with Montenegro and Serbia; capital Sarajevo area 19,767 square miles (51,197 square kilometers), population 3,850,000
Note: Bosnia and Herzegovina was a federated republic of Yugoslavia from 1946 to 1992.
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