Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina were created by the Law on Federal Units (Cantons) of 1996, which was based on the Bosniak-Croat Washington Agreement. The cantons consist of municipalities. A canton has its own government headed by a prime minister. The prime minister has his own cabinet, and is assisted in his duties by various cantonal ministries, agencies, and cantonal services. Five of the cantons (Una-Sana, Tuzla, Zenica-Doboj, Bosnian-Podrinje, and Sarajevo) have a Bosniak majority, three (Posavina, West Herzegovina and Canton 10) have a Bosnian Croat majority, while two of them (Central Bosnia and Herzegovina-Neretva) are 'ethnically mixed', meaning neither ethnic group has a majority and there are special legislative procedures for the protection of their political interests. The most populous canton is Tuzla Canton, while Canton 10 is the largest by area.

The term županija (Croatian for "county") has been declared unconstitutional, but is still widely used by Bosnian Croat officials and in cantonal constitutions. The Croatian-language version of the Constitution of the Federation, however, uses the constitutional term kanton.

Coat of arms	No.	Abbr	English name	Bosnian name	Croatian name	Center	Population (2013 census)	Bosniaks (2013)	Croats (2013)	Serbs (2013)	Area (km2)	Density	Municipalities
	1	USK USŽ	Una-Sana Canton	Unsko-sanski kanton	Unsko-sanska županija	Bihać	299,343	90.02%	1.85%	3.09%	4,125.0	69.8	8
	2	ŽP PK	Posavina Canton	Posavski kanton	Županija Posavska	Orašje	48,089	19.00%	77.32%	1.91%	324.6	124.8	3
	3	TK TŽ	Tuzla Canton	Tuzlanski kanton	Tuzlanska županija	Tuzla	477,278	88.16%	5.30%	1.58%	2,649.0	187.9	13
	4	ZDK ZDŽ	Zenica-Doboj Canton	Zeničko-dobojski kanton	Zeničko-dobojska županija	Zenica	385,067	82.17%	12.02%	1.52%	3,334.3	119.9	12
	5	BPK BPŽ	Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde	Bosansko-podrinjski kanton Goražde	Bosansko-podrinjska županija Goražde	Goražde	25,336	94.01%	0.10%	3.72%	504.6	65.8	3
	6	SBK ŽSB	Central Bosnia Canton	Srednjobosanski kanton	Županija Središnja Bosna	Travnik	273,149	57.58%	38.33%	1.19%	3,189	80.2	12
	7	HNŽ HNK	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton	Hercegovačko-neretvanski kanton	Hercegovačko-neretvanska županija	Mostar	236,278	41.44%	53.29%	2.90%	4,401	51.5	9
	8	ŽZH ZHK	West Herzegovina Canton	Zapadnohercegovački kanton	Županija Zapadnohercegovačka	Široki Brijeg	97,893	1.81%	96.82%	0.26%	1,362.2	60.1	4
	9	KS SŽ	Sarajevo Canton	Kanton Sarajevo	Sarajevska županija	Sarajevo	438,443	83.8%	4.2%	3.2%	1,276.9	329.9	9
	10	HBŽ K10	Canton 10	Kanton 10	Hercegbosanska županija	Livno	90,727	9.55%	76.79%	12.96%	4,934.9	16.5	6
		FBiH	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine	Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine	Sarajevo	2,371,603	70.4%	22.44%	2.41%	26,110.0	89.1	79

Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

There are a number of propositions for the reorganization of the Federation, ranging from decreasing the number of cantons, establishing new federal units on the state level, to the exchange of jurisdiction between the cantons and the Federation.[1] However, this question requires a high level of political agreement, especially between the Bosniak and Croat political parties, since it would necessarily include changing the federal constitution. For a constitutional law to pass, it has to obtain the support of the majority of the representatives and delegates in both chambers of the Federal parliament, including the majority of Croat and Bosniak delegates in the House of Peoples.

• Assemblies of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Cantons of Switzerland
• ISO 3166-2:BA