Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 45th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bulgaria, Georgia, and Iraq. Memorable people born in present day Bosnia and Herzegovina include Gavrilo Princip, Ivo Andrić, and Ratko Mladić. 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, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula. It borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a 20 kilometres long coast on the Adriatic Sea, with the town of Neum being its only access to the sea. Bosnia has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, the smaller, southern region, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city. Read more on Wikipedia