NationMaster - Encyclopedia: West Bosnia Canton

West Bosnia Canton is the tenth canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the western part of Bosnia. The capital is in Livno. Cantons are provincial units used in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Federation of BiH shaded red Official languages Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Capital Sarajevo Area – Total – % water 26,110 km² n/a Population – Total (2002) – Density 2,318,972 88/km² Ethnic groups (2002) Bosniaks: 72,9% Croats: 21,8% Serbs: 4,4% and others: 1,0% President Niko Lozančić Time zone... Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ... Livno Valley and mountain Dinara Livno is a city in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

The area of the canton, which includes 6 municipalities (Drvar, Bosansko Grahovo, Glamoč, Kupres, Livno, Tomislavgrad), is 5,020 km², a tenth of the surface of Bosnia-Herzegovina. At the 1991 census, 115,726 people inhabited the Canton; at present, there are about 90,000. Rugged and wide karst fields characterize the Canton geographically. Image File history File links Made from Image:BosniaGradSarajevo. ... Drvar is a town and a municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the road between Bosansko Grahovo and Bosanski Petrovac, also near Glamoč. ... Bosansko Grahovo is a town and municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Livno Valley and mountain Dinara Livno is a city in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Tomislavgrad is a town in southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Karst topography occurs when a landscape is marked by underground drainage patterns. ...

The local government refers to it as the Hercegbosanska županija, Herzegovina-Bosnia Canton, which makes a reference to a Bosnian Croat statelet of dubious constitutionality called Herceg-Bosna that existed during the Yugoslav wars. It is sometimes referred to neutrally as Kanton 10 (Canton 10). Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (where theyre one of the constitutive nations). ... Coat of Arms of Herzeg-Bosnia Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia existed in the territory of present day Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1993 and 1994 as a result of secessionist politics during the Bosnian War. ... The Yugoslav wars were a series of violent conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia that took place between 1991-2001. ...

Categories: Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cantons are provincial units used in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Federation of BiH shaded red Official languages Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Capital Sarajevo Area – Total – % water 26,110 km² n/a Population – Total (2002) – Density 2,318,972 88/km² Ethnic groups (2002) Bosniaks: 72,9% Croats: 21,8% Serbs: 4,4% and others: 1,0% President Niko Lozančić Time zone... Flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Categories: Bosnia and Herzegovina geography stubs ... Categories: Stub ... Categories: Bosnia and Herzegovina geography stubs ... Categories: Bosnia and Herzegovina geography stubs ... Map showing Canton within Bosnia and Herzegovina The Sarajevo Canton is a canton of the Federation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Tuzla Canton is a canton of the Federation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Categories: Bosnia and Herzegovina geography stubs ... Map showing Canton within Bosnia and Herzegovina West Herzegovina Canton is one of the 10 cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... map showing the position of the canton within Bosnia and Herzegovina Zenica-Doboj Canton is one of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...