Facts and Figures
1) City and Country population
Country's population: 4,590,310 (July 2008) (48 % Bosniaks, 37.1 % Serbs, 14.3 % Croats and 0.6 % others)
Sarajevo's population: 402,000
Surface: Total 51,209km2
Longest river: Drina, 346km
Highest mountain peak: Maglic, 2386m
Land boundaries: 1,459
Borders with adjoining country:
Montenegro - 225km
Croatia - 932km
Serbia - 302km
Politics:
Bosnia and Herzegovina is an emerging federal democratic republic. The council of Ministers of BiH is the head of government.
Date of next local elections: General Elections in 2010.
Members of the Presidency: Haris Silajdzic, Zeljko Komsic and Nebojsa Radmanovic
Chairman of the Council of Ministers: Nikola Spiric
Governing party: multi-party system
Local time:
Sarajevo is in the Central European Time Zone: GMT + 1 hours (in winter), GMT + 2 during daylight saving time.