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Bosnia and Herzegovina flag<\/p><\/div>\n

Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or just Bosnia, is a country situated in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia. With a total area of 19,741\u00a0square miles, Bosnia and Herzegovina is slightly smaller than West Virginia. By land mass, it is the 129th<\/sup> largest country in the world. Bosnia and Herzegovina is home to approximately 3.8 million people and has a density of 194 inhabitants per square mile. The capital and largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina is Sarajevo, with a population of about 669 thousand people and a density of 5,997 inhabitants per square mile.<\/p>\n

Basic History of\u00a0Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"bosnia_map\"<\/a>Bosnia and Herzegovina, alongside Croatia, Montenegro<\/strong>, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Kosovo, are the states that the former Yugoslavia was constituted of. In October 1991, Bosnia and Herzegovina declared its sovereignty and in March 1992 declared its independence from former Yugoslavia. After ethnic Serbs boycotted the independence referendum, the Bosnian Serbs, who were supported by neighboring Serbia and Montenegro, responded with armed resistance aimed at partitioning the republic along ethnic lines and joining Serb-held areas to form a “Greater Serbia\u201d. Between March 1992 and December 1995, an international armed conflict took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n

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