GeoPointe - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Official Name: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia.
Capital: Sarajevo

Area:	total: 51,129 sq km
	land: 51,129 sq km
	water: 0 sq km

Lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
Highest point: Maglic 2,386 m


Population: 4,552,198 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Bosnian(s) Ethnic groups: Serb 31%, Bosniak 44%, Croat 17%, Yugoslav 5.5%, other 2.5%. Religions: Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, Protestant 4%, other 10%. Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian.

Hot summers and cold winters. Areas of high elevation have short cool summers and long severe winters. Mild rainy winters along the coast.

Government type: Emerging federal democratic republic.
Independence: 1 March 1992 (From Yugoslavia. Referendum for independence was completed 1 March 1992. Independence was declared 3 March 1992).
National holiday: National Day, 25 November (1943).