Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
political entity within the sovereign country of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine / Федерација Босне и Херцеговине, pronounced [federǎːtsija bôsneː i xěrtseɡoʋineː] ) is one of the two federal entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of ten autonomous cantons with their governments and legislatures.
The Federation was created by the 1994 Washington Agreement, which ended the Croat–Bosniak War within the Bosnian War, and established a constituent assembly that continued its work until October 1996. The Federation has a capital, government, president, parliament, customs and police departments and two postal systems. It occupies about half of Bosnia and Herzegovina's land. From 1996 until 2005, it had its own army, the Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was later merged into the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The capital and largest city is Sarajevo with 275,524 inhabitants.
History
Early history
The areas in what is now the modern day Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been inhabited since at least the Paleolithic era. Notably, the Badanj Cave near Stolac features one of the oldest known cave engravings, depicting an animal figure believed to be a horse, dating back to approximately 13,000 to 12,000 BC. During the Neolithic period, significant cultures such as the Butmir and Kakanj emerged along the Bosna River. The Butmir culture, flourishing around 5100 to 4500 BC, is renowned for its distinctive ceramics and anthropomorphic figurines.
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