Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina serve as the second-level units of local autonomy of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the two political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1]

The other political entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska, has a centralized government and is divided directly into 63 municipalities. Finally, the ethnically diverse Brčko District is a division of its own under the direct jurisdiction of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Cantons

The cantons or counties of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina were created by the Bosniak-Croat Washington Agreement of 1994. Their present boundaries were defined by the Dayton Agreement in 1995. The cantons or counties consist of municipalities (singular: općina, општина; plural: općine, општине). A canton or a county has its own government headed by the Premier. The Premier has his own cabinet, and is assisted in his duties by various cantonal ministries, agencies, and cantonal or county services. Five of the cantons or counties (Una-Sana, Tuzla, Zenica-Doboj, Bosnian Podrinje, and Sarajevo) have a Bosniak majority, three (Posavina, West Herzegovina, and West Bosnia) have Bosnian Croat majority, and two (Central Bosnia and Herzegovina-Neretva) are 'ethnically mixed', meaning there are special legislative procedures for protection of the constituent ethnic groups.

Coat of arms	No.	Abbr	Canton	Bosnian	Croatian	Center	Population	Area (km2)	Density	Municipalities
	I.	USK	Una-Sana	Unsko-sanski kanton	Unsko-sanska županija	Bihać	287,998	4,125	69.8	8
	II.	ŽP	Posavina	Posavski kanton	Posavska županija	Orašje	40,513	324.6	124.8	3
	III.	TK	Tuzla	Tuzlanski kanton	Tuzlanska županija	Tuzla	497,813	2,649	187.9	13
	IV.	ZDK	Zenica-Doboj	Zeničko-dobojski kanton	Zeničko-dobojska županija	Zenica	400,848	3,334.3	119.9	12
	V.	BPK	Bosnian Podrinje	Bosansko-podrinjski kanton	Bosansko-podrinjska županija	Goražde	33,662	504.6	65.8	3
	VI.	SBK ŽSB	Central Bosnia	Srednjobosanski kanton	Županija Središnja Bosna	Travnik	255,648	3,189	80.2	12
	VII.	HNK ŽHN	Herzegovina-Neretva	Hercegovačko-neretvanski kanton	Hercegovačko-neretvanska županija	Mostar	226,632	4,401	51.5	9
	VIII.	ZHŽ	West Herzegovina	Zapadnohercegovački kanton	Zapadnohercegovačka županija	Široki Brijeg	81,833	1,362.2	60.1	4
	IX.	KS	Sarajevo	Kanton Sarajevo	Sarajevska županija	Sarajevo	421,289	1,276.9	329.9	9
	X.	K10	Canton 10	Kanton 10, Livanjski kanton	Herceg-bosanska županija	Livno	81,396	4,934.1	16.5	6
		FBiH	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine	Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine	Sarajevo	2,327,195	26,109.7	89.1	79

See also

• ISO 3166-2:BA

References

1. ^ In Bosnian they are called kantoni, županije in Croatian, and кантони in Serbian.