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Area: 51,200 sq km (19,970 sq mi)
Population: 4.0m (July 2005 estimate)
Capital City: Sarajevo
Peoples: Bosniak (Muslim), Croat, Serb, Others
Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Religions: Islam (Bosniaks), Roman Catholicism (Croats) and Orthodox (Serbs)
Currency: KM, Convertible Mark, pegged to the Euro
Main political structures: State-level Government/Parliament, two Entity-level Governments/Parliaments – see below.
Major political parties:
State-level Government: Coalition consists of Party for Democratic Action (SDA) and Party for BiH (SBiH) (Bosniak); Party of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) and Party of Democratic Progress (PDP) (Bosnian Serb) and Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH), Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ-1990) and People’s Party Through Work for a Better Future (NSRzB) (Bosnian Croat).
Opposition: Social Democratic Party (SDP) (multi-ethnic), Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) (Bosnian Serb).
Federation of BiH Government: Party for Democratic Action (SDA), Party for BiH (SBiH), Croatian Democratic Union of BiH (HDZ-BiH), Croatian Democratic Union of BiH-1990 (HDZ-1990), Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ-1990), Party of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD).
Republika Srpska Government: Coalition consists of Party of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), Party of Democratic Progress (PDP), Socialist Party of RS (SPRS), Democratic People’s Union (DNS), Party for Democratic Action (SDA).
Head of State: Tripartite Presidency (with rotating chair) consisting of Zeljko Komsic (Bosnian Croat - SDP, Chair until February 2008), Nebojsa Radmanovic (Bosnian Serb SNSD), Haris Silajdzic (Bosniak - SBiH)
Federation of BiH: Borjana Kristo (Bosnian Croat - HDZ BiH)
Republika Srpska: Igor Radojicic - Acting President (Bosnian Serb - SNSD)
Prime Ministers: State Level; Nikola Spiric (Bosnian Serb - SNSD)
Federation of BiH: Nedzad Brankovic (Bosniak – SDA)
Republika Srpska: Milorad Dodik (Bosnian Serb – SNSD)
Foreign Minister: Sven Alkalaj (Other (Jewish) - SBiH)
Membership of International Institutions: United Nations (UN), Organisation for Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe.

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