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Mostar
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History
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
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