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Country Information
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Cities
The major cities are the capital
Sarajevo, Tuzla in
the northeast and Mostar, the capital of
Herzegovina.
Area
19,741 sq. mi. / 51,130 sq. km (about
the size of West Virginia; 1/4 larger than Switzerland). Picturesque
mountain scenery (Bosnia's capital Sarajevo hosted the 1984 Winter
Olympics), much of it covered by forests; no oil. Bosnia's traditional
borders, established in the medieval period, are: the Sava River (in the
N), the Drina River (E/SE), and the Dinaric Alps (in the W). Herzegovina
("the Duchy") is the historical name for the country's southwestern
region (around the town of Mostar). Located in the heart of Europe (as
the crow flies, Sarajevo is closer to Rome than Milan is). |
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