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🗺️ Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Capital city
📍 43.8563°, 18.4131°View larger map →
📍 Essential Info
CapitalSarajevo
TimezoneUTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population3.7M
Governmentparliamentary republic
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideRight
Electrical PlugsVaries
Internet Code.ba
Internet Users83%
GDP per Capita$20,400
🌍 Geography
LocationSoutheastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia
Size Comparisonslightly smaller than West Virginia
Climatehot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast
Terrainmountains and valleys
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsBosniak 50.1%, Serb 30.8%, Croat 15.4%, other 2.7%, not declared/no answer 1% (2013 est.)
ReligionsMuslim 50.7%, Orthodox 30.7%, Roman Catholic 15.2%, atheist 0.8%, agnostic 0.3%, other 1.2%, undeclared/no answer 1.1% (2013 est.)
Median Age45.7 years
Life Expectancy78.5 years
National HolidayIndependence Day, 1 March (1992) and Statehood Day, 25 November (1943) - both observed in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity
Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook