Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 46th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Georgia, Iraq, and Belarus. Memorable people born in present day Bosnia and Herzegovina include Gavrilo Princip, Ratko Mladić, and Sokollu Mehmed Pasha. Memorable people who died in Bosnia and Herzegovina include Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Alija Izetbegović, and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. Bosnia and Herzegovina has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and writers.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, abbreviated BiH (БиХ) or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a narrow coast on the Adriatic Sea within the Mediterranean, which is about 20 kilometres long and surrounds the town of Neum. Bosnia, which is the inland region of the country, has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions of the country, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, which is the smaller, southern region of the country, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city of the country followed by Banja Luka, Tuzla and Zenica. Read more on Wikipedia