List of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The cantons are the federal units that make up the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina , which in turn is one of the two entities of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina .
The federation is divided into ten cantons.
Two of the cantons ( Central Bosnia and Herzegovina-Neretva ) have a special status as binational cantons, in which the approval of both Croatian and Bosniak elected officials is required for important decisions . Of the others, Una-Sana , Tuzla , Zenica-Doboj , Bosnian Podrinje and Sarajevo are (mostly) Bosniak cantons , Posavina , West Herzegovina and Livno are (mostly) Croatian cantons.
The cantons are subdivided into communes ( općine ).
Overview table
No. | coat of arms | Abbreviation | Surname | Capital | Population (2013 Census) |
Area (km²) | density | Number of parishes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | USK |
Canton of Una-Sana (Unsko-sanski canton) |
Bihać | 273.261 | 4,125.0 | 66 | 6 municipalities, 2 cities | |
2 | PK |
Posavina Canton (Posavski canton / |
Orašje | 43,453 | 324.6 | 134 | 3 municipalities | |
3 | TK |
Canton of Tuzla (Tuzlanski canton) |
Tuzla | 445.028 | 2,649.0 | 168 | 12 municipalities, 1 city | |
4th | ZDK |
Zenica-Doboj Canton (Zeničko-dobojski canton) |
Zenica | 364,433 | 3,334.3 | 109 | 11 municipalities, 1 city | |
5 | BPK |
Bosnian Podrinje Canton (Bosansko-Podrinjski canton) |
Goražde | 23,734 | 504.6 | 47 | 2 municipalities, 1 city | |
6th | SBK |
Canton of Central Bosnia / Central Bosnia (Srednjobosanski kanton / |
Travnik | 254,686 | 3,189 | 80 | 12 municipalities | |
7th | HNK |
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton (Hercegovačko-neretvanski kanton / |
Mostar | 222.007 | 4,401 | 50 | 8 municipalities, 1 city | |
8th | ZHK |
West Herzegovina Canton (Zapadno-hercegovački canton / |
Široki Brijeg | 94,898 | 1,362.2 | 70 | 3 municipalities, 1 city | |
9 | KS | Sarajevo Canton | Sarajevo | 413,593 | 1,276.9 | 324 | 4 municipalities of the city of Sarajevo , 5 municipalities | |
10 | K10 | Canton 10 | Livno | 84.127 | 4,934.9 | 17th | 5 municipalities, 1 city | |
- | FBiH | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 2,219,220 | 26,110.0 | 85 | 79 |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini, 2013. ( Bosnian and English , PDF) Agencija za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine. June 2016. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017.
- ↑ Kantoni u brojkama - Figures from the cantons , fzs.ba, accessed March 10, 2019