Bosnia-Herzegovina
Republika Bosna i Hercegovina

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LOCAL FACTS  Return to Top
Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government (see also Research)
Form of government:
Population: 3,482,495
Total area: 51,130 sq. km
Languages: Serbian, Croation, Bosniac (official)
Religions: Sunni Muslim, Serian Orthodox, Roman Catholic
Per capita GDP: $1,720 p.a.
Exports: $150m
Literacy:
Life expectancy: 67.0 years (71.7f, 62.5m)
Sources
[CIA World Factbook] country data - Bosnia and Herzegovina
[Nation by Nation] country data - Bosnia - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people
E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government, defence, news and weather
[World Skip] country data - Bosnia and Herzegovina
 
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LOCAL DIRECTORIES  Return to Top
Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
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Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
Governments on the WWW - Bosnia and Herzegovina - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, etc
 
Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
Association of Election Officials in Bosnia-Herzegovina (AEOBiH) (Sarajevo) - represents all ethnic groups and nearly every municipality in supporting elections in particular and the democratization process in general, and playing a crucial role in the de-internationalisation of the election process
Associazione Amici dei Bambini (Ai.Bi.) (Friends of the Child Association) (Sarajevo) - international humanitarian organization for the protection of children's rights, which affirms the central role of the child, and each child's right to live, grow and be educated within their own family to ensure a better social situation in life
Corridor (Sarajevo) - delivers a host of psychosocial programs to hundreds of thousands of people - women, children, demobilized soldiers and the elderly, of all different ethnicities - trying to cope with their losses, make sense of the devastaing war and rebuild their lives
International Human Rights Law Group (IHRLG) (Sarajevo) - non-profit organization of human rights and legal professionals engaged in human rights advocacy, litigation and training around the world, helping to empower local advocates to expand the scope of human rights protections for men and women and to promote broad participation in building human rights standards and procedures at the national, regional and international levels
Local Works Department of The Employment and Training Foundation (LoRa) (Sarajevo) - works to rehabilitate small scale infrastructure and clean-up war damaged public property and assets, create rapid employment for those unemployed as a result of the war, and reinforce the decision-making role and responsibilities of municipal governments in municipal infrastructure project design and management
Partners for Development (PFD) in Bosnia (Sarajevo) - provides emergency relief and rehabilitative/developmental activities, working with several municipalities in central Bosnia, and more recently, in Republica Srpska, on agricultural, economic, and environmental development, reconstruction, shelter and winterization, health, and promotion of ethnic reconciliation
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office - Bosnia and Herzegovina
 
Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
 
 
Ethnicity, language, the arts, history & heritage, performance, costume, and literature
 
 
Associations, competitions, leisure, and hobbies
 
 
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Statistics, government, economy, geography, demography, and society
Essential data:
[CIA World Factbook] country data - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Human rights:
[International Lesbian and Gay Association] [Country Survey - Bosnia Herzegovina] - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights
Social development:
[OneWorld.net] country database - Bosnia - news articles selected from around the world
[Norwegian Refugee Council] Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) database - Bosnia-Herzegovina
[U.S. Refugee Committee] World Refugee Survey country report - Bosnia-Hercegovina
Governance:
Governments on the WWW - Bosnia and Herzegovina - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, etc
[CIA Library] [Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members] - Bosnia and Herzegovina
[Political Resources] - Bosnia
[World Audit.org] national statistics and reports - Bosnia and Herzegovina - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others
[ElectionWorld.org] election results in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 
Newspapers & magazines, journals, television & radio, publishing, and entertainment
Bosnia Today (EIN News Services)
 
Resourcing, manufacturing, distribution, trade, and regulation of goods and services
 
 
Banking, investment, insurance, stockmarkets, and market regulation
Centralna banka Bosne i Hercegovine (Central Bank)