Bosnia is a country in the south east corner of Europe.
Bosnia is officially known as Bosnia and Herzegovina, but often shortened to Bosnia as we will do. It is actually made up of two separate parts. One is is the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
and the other is the Bosnian Serb Republic called Republika Srpska.
Bosnia has a very small coast along the Adriatic Sea.
The land is a combination of mountains and valleys.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of Bosnia, also known as lines of latitude and longitude, are:-
Latitude - 44 00N
Longitude - 18 00E
The capital of Bosnia is Sarajevo.
There is a elected parliament in each part of Bosnia and Herzegovina and an overall parliament with a president as Head of State. The President
changes every eight months between a Bosniak, a Croat and a Serb. The European Union retains some control. It is a very complicated form of government.
In elections everyone over the age of 18 can vote and if you are over 16 and employed you can also vote.
The currency in Bosnia is the convertible mark. Bosnia is not a member of the European Union but it applied for candidate status in 2016.
Bosnian, Croat and Serbian are the official languages.
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