Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Federation and the Republika Srpska governments are charged with overseeing internal functions. Each has its own government, flag and coat of arms, president, parliament (FBiH) and assembly (RS), police force, customs, and postal system. The police sectors are overseen by the state-level ministry of safety affairs. Since 2005, Bosnia and Herzegovina has one set of Armed forces.

The Inter-Entity Boundary Line is not determined by natural geographical features of the country. It rather follows the military front-lines as they were at the end of the Bosnian War. On the ground, there is no active border between RS and FBiH, and one would generally not know the difference when crossing from one entity into another.

The city of Brčko in northeastern Bosnia is a seat of the Brčko District, a self-governing administrative unit; it is part of both the Federation and Republika Srpska. The district remains under international supervision.

The Federation is further divided into ten cantons, which are then subdivided into municipalities. Republika Srpska is divided directly into municipalities.

Name	Area	Population	Ethnic groups	Munic.	Status	Map
Federation of BiH Federacija BiH Федерација БиХ	26,110.5 km2	2,219,220	Bosniaks (70,40%) Croats (22,44%) Serbs (2,55%)	79 (including 16 cities)	Entity
Republika Srpska Република Српска Republika Srpska	24,532.8 km2	1,218,107	Serbs (82.95%) Bosniaks (12.69%) Croats (2.27%)	64 (including 8 cities)	Entity
Brčko District Brčko Distrikt Брчко Дистрикт	493 km2	83,516	Bosniaks (42.36%) Serbs (34.58%) Croats (20.66%)	N/A	Self-governing district

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