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INFORMATION
Geographic location
Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in southeastern Europe in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula. Its total area is 51,129 km2. The boundary length is 1,537 km, of which land 762,5 km, river 751 km and sea 23,5 km. Bosnia and Herzegovina borders with the Republic of Croatia (931 km), Serbia (375 km) and Montenegro (249 km). To the north part of Bosnia and Herzegovina comes to the Sava River, and to the southern part of the Adriatic Sea at Neum. The land of Bosnia and Herzegovina is remarkably mountainous, with an average altitude of 500 m. Of the total area of BH, 5% of the waste on the plains, 24% on the hills, 42% on the mountains and 29% on the karst. (NEAP, 2003) Bosnia and Herzegovina is regulated by the Dayton Accord, which consists of the Federation of BiH (10 cantons), Republika Srpska and Brčko District.
General and economic information
GENERAL INFORMATION
Population
2.206.000
City of Sarajevo, population, estimate 2016
275.000
Territorial organization
Federal
Cantons
10
Municipalities
79
Time zone
GMT+1
Climate
Continental
Currency
Bosnian Convertible Mark (BAM)
Phone dial code
387
BIGGER CITIES (Population number)
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Gross domestic product, annual rate of actual growth % ESA 2010 (USD, 2015.)
4.795
Average monthly net salary, BAM
850
Average monthly gross salary, BAM
1.300
Import coverage by exports, %
57.3
Import per capita, EUR
2.532
Export per capita, EUR
1.451
Export (2017)
2bn EUR
Import (2017)
6bn EUR
Most important foreign trade partners (2017)
Most important export industries (2017)
