Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

Bosnia and Herzegovina is located on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe. In the politico-geographic sense, that part of the peninsula has been called the Western Balkans since the 1990s, including Albania and all former Yugoslav countries, except Slovenia. Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of two political entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, and one district (Brčko District) that are legally and internationally recognized by the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This document was signed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on November 21, 1995, ending the war that started in April 1992. In addition to this official division of the country, lower levels of government are also present, such as cantons, cities, and municipalities in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and cities and municipalities in Republika Srpska.