Approximate borders between Bosnia (marked dark) and Herzegovina (marked light)

Historically and geographically, the region known as Bosnia (natively Bosna; Cyrillic: Босна) comprises the northern part of the present-day country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging to the southern borders of the Pannonian plain, with the rivers Sava and Drina marking its northern and eastern borders. The southern, Mediterranean, region of the country is Herzegovina. Bosnia may refer to: Bosnia and Herzegovina, the state in Europe Bosnia (region), as a historical region Bosnia Province, Ottoman Empire, from the 15th to 19th centuries Bosnia (album), a live album by Grand Funk Railroad Bosnians, people of the Bosnian region See also: Bosnian This is a disambiguation page... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Look up Region in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... Mt Orjen at the Bay of Kotor is the heaviest karstified range of the dinarids View of the central part of the Dinaric Alps (north=down) Valbona pass, northern Albania. ... The Pannonian Plain is a large plain in Central Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea (see below) dried out. ... Sava also Save (in Serbian: Сава; German: Save; Hungarian: Száva) is a river in Europe, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article is about the geographic area of Herzegovina. ...

The area of Bosnia comprises approximately 41,000 km², and makes up about 80% of the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are no true borders between the regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and, unofficially, Herzegovina is south of Ivan-planina. This article is about the geographic area of Herzegovina. ... This article is about the geographic area of Herzegovina. ...

The two regions have formed a geopolitical entity since medieval times, and the name "Bosnia" commonly occurs in historical and geopolitical senses as generally referring to both regions (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The official use of the name including both regions started only in the late period of Ottoman-rule. Ottoman redirects here. ...

History

Main article: History of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The name Bosnia goeas back to ancient Roman times, The bosnian Kingdom was led by King Trvtko from Hungary, which later became king of Serbia once he conquered serbia through battle.From the mid 12th century the ban Kulin, created an independent Bosnian state. From the 1360s the Bosnian kingdom included the territories of Bosnia and of what would later become Herzegovina. As part of the Ottoman Empire for four centuries (1463 - 1878), Bosnia comprised a state (sanjak) that included Herzegovina until the middle of the 19th century. The area acquired the name of "Bosnia and Herzegovina" in 1853 as a result of a twist in political events. This is a history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Ban Kulin (1163-1204) was a powerful Bosnian Ban who ruled from 1180 to 1204 first as a vassal of the Byzantine Empire and then of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Ottoman redirects here. ... Sanjak and Sandjak (other variants: sinjaq, sanjaq) are the most common English transliterations of the Turkish word Sancak, which literally means banner. In Arabic the sanjaks were also called liwas. ...

References

W. Miller. Bosnia before the Turkish Conquest, The English Historical Review ® 1898 Oxford University Press

Gallery

Gradačac - City castle Image File history File links Download high resolution version (845x778, 1374 KB) My uncles picture. ... Gradačac (Serbian: Градачац) is a small town in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the Tuzla Canton about 40 km south of the Sava river. ...	Sarajevo - View from east. Image File history File links Sarajevopanoramaview. ... Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) Coordinates: , Country Entity Canton Sarajevo Canton Government  - Mayor Semiha Borovac (SDA) Area [1]  - City 141. ...	Fojnica - The Franciscan monastery Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1170x871, 1871 KB) Summary Taken by myself in summer 2005. ... Municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina General Information Entity {{{entity}}} Land area Population (1991 census) 16,227 Population density Area code +387 30 Mayor Salkan Merdžanić (SDA) Website http://www. ...	Mountains in Bosnia ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 622 KB) To the left is the mountin Rance and its highest point Suvi Vrh 1432m, the mountin to the right (the one where the big tree in front is) is called Kik and is exactly 1000m heigh. ...
Tuzla Image File history File links Download high resolution version (683x1024, 415 KB) Summary Photo from: http://www. ... For other uses, see Tuzla (disambiguation). ...	University of Banja Luka Image File history File links Unibl2. ... The University of Banja Luka (Serbian Унивeрзитeтa y Бaњoj Лyци) is a university located in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...	Visoko - early centre of medieval Bosnia Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1136, 434 KB) Visoko is historical region where the first Bosnian state was formed. ... Municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina General Information Entity Federation Canton Zenica - Doboj Land area 232 km² Population (1991 census) 46,130 Population density Coordinates Area code +387 32 Mayor Munib Alibegović (SDA) Website http://www. ... View from Visočica hill showing todays Visoko and much of Visoko valley, excluding Moštre Archaeological excavations proved that the Visoko Valley was the center of a medieval Bosnian state and later kingdom. ...	Una River - north-west Bosnia (view from Brekovica) Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 649 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The River Una in north-west Bosnia - view from Brekovica I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Una is a river in the western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina; in its lower course it borders Croatia. ...