Capital: Sarajevo Currency: Maraka Languages: Serbo-Croat Time: GMT +1 (currently 0:45) Dialing Code: +387 Top Level Domain .ba Drive on the: Right Last reviewed: 20-October-2006 Buy Atlas of War and Peace - Bosnia Herzegovina from amazon.co.uk

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Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar

A mountainous country with a few miles of coastline on the Adriatic Sea, The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a population of 4 million.

Following the dissolution of Yugoslavia (whose regime [1943-90] had prevented conflict between Muslims, Croats and Serbs) a bitter and bloody war raged, as the ethnic populations fought over the land. About ¼ million died and more than 2 million were displaced, with many historic cities being destroyed. A settlement was achieved under the 1995 Dayton peace accord, and there are currently three distinct political structures in the country.