A VERY Basic Geography Lesson


This is a map of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The 1995 Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the war, created two entities within Bosnia-Herzegovina. The slightly darker-colored section is Republika Srpska (Serbian Republic), which is Serb majority. The lighter yellow-colored section is the Muslim/Croat Federation, which is Bosniak (Muslim) and Croat majority.

Sometimes people ask where exactly is Herzegovina. The answer is, it is a historical region in what is now southern Bosnia and might not be indicated on maps. But the official name of the country is "Bosnia-Herzegovina".

When we first came to Bosnia, we lived in Banja Luka in Republika Srpska. Now we live in the capital city, Sarajevo, in the Muslim/Croat Federation.

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