Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country located in Southeastern Europe bordering Croatia and the Adriatic Sea. It has a population of around 3.8 million people and its capital and largest city is Sarajevo. The country has experienced a long and turbulent history including being annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908, World War 1, World War 2 where thousands of Serbs, Jews and Romani people were killed, and the Bosnian War in the 1990s following the breakup of Yugoslavia. The country is now composed of two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.

1. BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
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2. HISTORY AT A
GLANCE
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
MAJOR HISTORICAL
DATES
A.D.
YEAR EVENT
1945
1992-1995
1995
December
liberated following
campaign by Communist
partisans.
Bitter ethnically-rooted civil
war involving Bosnian
Muslims, Serbs, and Croats.
- Dayton Peace Accord
creates two entities, one for
Serbs and one for Bosnian
Muslims and Croats.
YEAR EVENT
1908
1914
1941
Bosnia-Herzegovina is
annexed by Austria-Hungary.
annexed by pro-Hitler
Croatian state. Thousands of
Serbs, Jews and Gypsies are
sent to the death camps.
A Bosnian Serb student
assassinated Austrian
archduke Franz Ferdinand,
starting World War One.

3. MAP OF THE COUNTRY
BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
LAND SIZE:
19,767 SQ. MILES
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4. COMPARED TO
OHIO/US
Comparison Data:
Bosnia and Herzegovina is
slightly smaller than West
Virginia
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

5. ● located in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia
● climate: hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool
summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast
● Terrain:mountains and valleys
● Population: 3,807,764
● Capital: Sarajevo
● Largest city: Sarajevo
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
QUICK FACTS GENERAL
INFORMATION

6. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
QUICK FACTS ECONOMIC DATA
CENTRAL BANK:
MONETARY UNIT:
MONETARY SYMBOL:
Bank Name
Bosnian Convertible Marka (BAM)

7. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
QUICK FACTS ECONOMIC DATA
NATURAL RESOURCES:
maize, milk, steel, coal, iron ore
MAIN EXPORTS:
electricity, seating, insulated wiring,
lumber, furniture
MAIN IMPORTS:
refined petroleum, cars, packaged
medicines, coal, electricity
AMOUNT: $9.948 B
COUNTRIES (Top2): Germany, Italy
AMOUNT: $12.726 B
COUNTRIES (Top2): Croatia, Serbia

8. ● Language: Bosnian (official) 52.9%, Serbian (official) 30.8%, Croatian
(official) 14.6%
● religions: Muslim 50.7%, Orthodox 30.7%,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
QUICK FACTS LANGUAGES &
RELIGIONS

9. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
QUICK FACTS GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT
STRUCTURE:
CURRENT
LEADER:
VOTING
LIBERTIES:
Category Name
parliamentary republic
Type
civil law system
Governing
Document (Est)
Constitution of Bosnia
and Herzegovina
(1995)
Position
Chairman of the Presidency
Allowed (Yes/No)
Age
Restrictions
Yes
18
must be registered with
address
Zeljko Komsic (Croat seat); Zeljka
Cvijanovic (Serb seat); Denis
Becirovic (Bosniak seat)

10. Blagaj tekija: A monastery by the cliff and river that is
over 600 years old
FAMOUS
LANDMARKS
Počitelj: hillside medieval village with historic
ramparts
BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
Mlinčići: water mills from the middle ages once used to
grind wheat and grain into flour

11. MODERN
CULTURAL
PRACTICES
IMPACT OF THE WORLD
RELIGION OF ISLAM
QURAN
GAZI HUSREV-BEG
MOSQUE
ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
RELIGION IS SPIRITUAL, NOT POLITICAL
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

12. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
GENDER ROLES GIRLS/BOYS &
MEN/WOMEN
GENDER ROLES:
PATRIARCHY
AVG
HOUSEHOLD
=
immediate family with
3
or more children
and
sometimes grandparents,
extended
family and
neighbors are important
MEN/BOYS = formal head
of the household, earn
income, handymen, amy
work outside of the town
WOMEN/GIRLS =
Domestic roles, run
businesses from
home,
update men about
news of the town
MARRIAGES = often
marry around mid
to late 20s.

13. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
TRADITIONAL
DRESS
MEN

14. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
TRADITIONAL
DRESS
WOMEN

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EVERYDAY
LIVING
DAY IN THE LIFE OF A
CHILD

16. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
TRADITIONAL &
CONTEMPARY
MUSIC, DANCE, SPORTS,
FOLK TALES, CUSTOMS

17. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
NATIONAL
FESTIVALS &
HOLIDAYS
HOLIDAY/FESTIVAL DATE
ORTHODOX
CHRISTMAS DAY
DAY OF THE
REPUBLIKA SRPSKA
INDEPENDEN
CE DAY
BRČKO DISTRICT
ESTABLISHMENT
DAY
ORTHODOX EASTER
SUNDAY
FEAST OF THE
SACRIFICE
DAYTON PEACE
AGREEMENT DAY
STATEHOOD DAY
JAN 7
JAN 9
MAR 1
MAR 8
MAY 5
JUNE 17
NOV 21
NOV 25

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FOOD
BAKLAVA
ĆEVAPI

19. Links
● http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/
europe/ba.htm
● https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-wo
rld-factbook/geos/bk.html
● http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/count
ries/bosnia-and-herzegovina/
● http://sarajevo.usembassy.gov/

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