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Posavina Canton
Sign in to savecanton of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Key facts
- Status
- Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Capital
- Orašje
- Largest city
- Odžak
- Official languages
- Croatian and Bosnian
- Ethnic groups 2013
- 77.32% Croats , 19% Bosniaks , 1.91% Serbs , 1.77% others
- Demonym
- Posavinian
- Government
- Parliamentary system
- Prime minister
- Đuro Topić ( HDZ BiH )
- President of assembly
- Blaž Župarić ( HDZ BiH )
- Legislature
- Assembly of the Posavina Canton
- Establishment
- 12 June 1996
- Total
- 330.85 km (127.74 sq mi)
- 2013 census
- 43,453
- Density
- 131.33/km (340.1/sq mi)
- Hdi 2023
- 0.801, very high
- Currency
- BAM
- Time zone
- UTC +1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC +2 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Posavina Canton (Croatian: Županija Posavska; Serbian and Bosnian: Posavski kanton; Cyrillic: Посавски кантон) is a federated state and one of ten cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the smallest canton with an area of only 330.85 km (128 sq mi). The canton is an exclave of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, being bordered by Republika Srpska and Brčko District to the south and the river Sava and Croatia to the north. Its capital is Orašje and the largest town is Odžak.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Posavina Canton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.