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Bosnia and Herzegovina in other languages: Sarajevo, flag, entities

Bosnia and Herzegovina is Bosna i Hercegovina in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian, Босна и Херцеговина in Cyrillic, with the ISO codes BA, BIH and 070. The page lists the name in 169 languages and varieties, Sarajevo in 63, and the two entities and the Brčko District with their seats.

Official languagesBosnian (bosanski / босански), Croatian (hrvatski), Serbian (српски / srpski)

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

ratio 1:2

alpha-2: BA
alpha-3: BIH
numeric: 070

Bosna i Hercegovina Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian · Latin

Босна и Херцеговина Serbian, Bosnian · CyrillicRomanised Bosna i Hercegovina

English: Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
Capital: SarajevoСарајевоSarajevo

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag geometry and colours after the Wikimedia Commons drawing: a yellow triangle and a diagonal row of white stars on blue.

01 · Exonyms

Bosnia and Herzegovina in other languages: list of exonyms

Bosnia and Herzegovina in 169 languages and varieties, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639	Name	Romanised
English	eng	Bosnia and Herzegovina	same as written
German, Luxembourgish, Low German	deu / ltz / nds	Bosnien-Herzegowina	same as written
Greenlandic, Norwegian, Northern Sami	kal / nor / sme	Bosnia-Hercegovina	same as written
Asturian, Spanish	ast / spa	Bosnia y Herzegovina	same as written
Czech, Slovak	ces / slk	Bosna a Hercegovina	same as written
Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian	dsb / hsb	Bosniska a Hercegowina	same as written
Estonian, Võro	est / vor	Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina	same as written
Basque, Javanese	eus / jav	Bosnia-Herzegovina	same as written
Finnish, Kven	fin / fkv	Bosnia ja Hertsegovina	same as written
Afrikaans	afr	Bosnië en Herzegowina	same as written
Aragonese	arg	Bosnia y Erzegobina, Bosnia y Hercegovina	same as written
Aymara	aym	Busña Hirsikuwina	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Bosniya və Herseqovina / Боснија вә Һерсеговина	Bosniya və Herseqovina
Bambara	bam	Bɔsini ani Ɛrɛzegɔwini	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина / بۉسنا وٖ حەرڄەغۉوٖىنا	Bosna i Hercegovina
Breton	bre	Bosnia ha Herzegovina	same as written
Catalan	cat	Bòsnia i Hercegovina	same as written
Cornish	cor	Bosni-Hertsegovina	same as written
Crimean Tatar	crh	Bosna ve Hertsegovina / Босна ве Херцеговина	Bosna ve Hertsegovina
Kashubian	csb	Bosańskô ë Hercegòwina, Bòsnijô ë Hercegòwina	same as written
Welsh	cym	Bosnia a Hertsegofina, Bosna-Hercegovina	same as written
Danish	dan	Bosnien-Hercegovina	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Bosnio kaj Hercegovino	same as written
Faroese	fao	Bosnia-Hersegovina	same as written
French	fra	Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bosnie-et-Herzégovine	same as written
Franco-Provençal	frp	Bosnie-Hèrzègovena	same as written
West Frisian	fry	Bosnje en Herzegowina	same as written
Friulian	fur	Bosgne-Erzegovine, Bosnie-Erzegovine	same as written
Gagauz	gag	Bosniya hem Herţegovina / Босния хем Херцеговина	Bosniya hem Herţegovina
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Bosna agus Heartsagobhana	same as written
Irish	gle	An Bhoisnia-Heirseagaivéin / An Ḃoisnia-Heirseagaivéin	same as written
Galician	glg	Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bosnia e Hercegovina	same as written
Manx	glv	Bosnia as Herzegovina	same as written
Guarani	grn	Vonia ha Hesegovina	same as written
Haitian Creole	hat	Bosni ak Erzegovin	same as written
Croatian	hrv	Bosna i Hercegovina	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Bosznia-Hercegovina, Bosznia és Hercegovina	same as written
Igbo	ibo	Bọsnia na Hasegọvina	same as written
Interlingua	ina	Bosnia e Herzegovina	same as written
Indonesian	ind	Bosnia dan Herzegovina	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Bosnía og Hersegóvína	same as written
Italian	ita	Bosnia-Erzegovina, Bosnia ed Erzegovina	same as written
Jersey Norman French	jnf	Bosnie et Herzegovina	same as written
Karakalpak	kaa	Bosniya haʻm Gertsegovina / Босния ҳәм Герцеговина	Bosniya haʻm Gertsegovina
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Bosna û Hersek	same as written
Latin	lat	Bosnia et Herzegovina, Bosnia et Herzegovia	same as written
Latvian	lav	Bosnija un Hercegovina	same as written
Limburgish	lim	Bosnië en Hercegovina	same as written
Lingala	lin	Bosnia na Erzegovina	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Bosnija ir Hercegovina	same as written
Ladin	lld	Bosnia y Erzegovina	same as written
Malagasy	mlg	Bosnia sy Herzegovina	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Bosnja-Ħerzegovina	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Bosnia și Herțegovina / Босния ши Херцеговина	Bosnia și Herțegovina
Maori	mri	Pōngia-Herekōmina	same as written
Malay	msa	Bosnia dan Herzegovina / بوسنيا دان هيرزيݢوۏينا	Bosnia dan Herzegovina
Nahuatl	nah	Bosnia īhuān Hertzegovina	same as written
Dutch	nld	Bosnië en Herzegovina	same as written
Novial	nov	Bosnia e Hertsegovina	same as written
Norman French	nrm	Bosnie-et-Herzégovène	same as written
Occitan	oci	Bòsnia e Ercegovina	same as written
Polish	pol	Bośnia i Hercegowina	same as written
Portuguese	por	Bósnia-Herzegovina, Bósnia e Herzegovina	same as written
Quechua	que	Busna-Hirsiquwina, Wusnya Hirsihuwyna-pas	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Bosniya ťai Hercegovina / बोस्निया थाइ हेर्त्सेगोविना	Bosniya ťai Hercegovina
Romansh	roh	Bosnia ed Erzegovina	same as written
Romanian	ron	Bosnia și Herțegovina	same as written
Aromanian	rup	Bosna shi Hertsegovina	same as written
Sicilian	scn	Bosnia-Erzegòvina	same as written
Slovio	slo	Bosnia i Hercegovinia / Босниа и Херцеговиниа, Bosnia-Hercegovinia / Босниа-Херцеговиниа, Bosna i Hercegovinia / Босна и Херцеговиниа, Bosna-Hercegovinia / Босна-Херцеговиниа	Bosnia i Hercegovinia, Bosnia-Hercegovinia, Bosna i Hercegovinia, Bosna-Hercegovinia
Slovenian	slv	Bosna in Hercegovina	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Bosnėjė ėr Hercuogovėna	same as written
Somali	som	Boosniya iyo Heersigofiina	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Bosnja dhe Hercegovina	same as written
Sardinian	srd	Bòsnia-Erzegòvina, Bosna-Erzegòvina, Bosna e Erzegòvina	same as written
Saterland Frisian	stq	Bosnien un Herzegovina	same as written
Swahili	swa	Bosnia na Herzegowina	same as written
Swedish	swe	Bosnien och Hercegovina	same as written
Silesian	szl	Bośńa a Hercygowina	same as written
Tetum	tet	Bóznia no Erzegovina	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Bosniýa we Gersegowina / Босния ве Герцеговина	Bosniýa we Gersegowina
Turkish	tur	Bosna-Hersek, Bosna ve Hersek	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Bosniya va Gersegovina / Босния ва Герцеговина / باسنىيە ۋە گېرسېگاۋىنە	Bosniya va Gersegovina
Veps	vep	Bosnii da Gercegovin	same as written
Vietnamese	vie	Bô-xni-a Héc-xê-gô-vi-na	same as written
Volapük	vol	Bosnän e Härzegovän	same as written
Walloon	wln	Bosneye eyet Herzegovine	same as written
Wolof	wol	Bosni Hersegowin	same as written
Zazaki	zza	Bosna-Hersek, Bosna u Hersek	same as written
Old Church Slavonic	chu	Босна́ и Хєрцєгови́на	Bosná i Ȟercegovína
Abkhaz	abk	Боснеи Херцеговинеи	Bosnei Ȟercegovinei
Abaza	abq	Босния-Герцеговина	Bosnija-Gercegovina
Altai	alt	Босния ла Герцеговина	Bosnija la Gercegovina
Avar	ava	Босния ва Герцеговина	Bosnija wa Gercegowina
Bashkir	bak	Босния һәм Герцеговина / Bosniya häm Gercegovina	Bosniya häm Gercegovina
Belarusian	bel	Боснія і Герцагавіна / Bosnija i Hiercahavina, Босьнія і Гэрцагавіна / Bośnija i Hercahavina	Bosnija i Hiercahavina, Bośnija i Hercahavina
Bulgarian	bul	Босна и Херцеговина	Bosna i Ȟercegovina
Chechen	che	Босни-Герцеговина / Bosni-Gercegovina	Bosni-Gercegovina
Chuvash	chv	Боснипе Герцеговинӑ	Bosnipe Gercegovină
Kazakh	kaz	Босния және Герцеговина / بوسنيا جانە گەرتسەگوۆينا / Bosnïya jäne Gercegovïna	Bosnïya jäne Gercegovïna
Kabardian	kbd	Босниэрэ Герцеговинэрэ	Bosniără Gercegovinără
Kyrgyz	kir	Босния жана Герцеговина / بوسنىيا جانا گەرتسەگوۋىنا / Bosniya cana Gertsegovina	Bosniya cana Gertsegovina
Khakas	kjh	Босния паза Герцеговина	Bosnija paza Gercegovina
Kurdish (Caucasus, Cyrillic)	kmr	Босни у Һәрсәговина / Bosnî û Hersegovîna, Босни у Гәрсоговин / Bosnî û Gersogovîn	Bosnî û Hersegovîna, Bosnî û Gersogovîn
Komi	kom	Босния да Герцеговина	Bosnija da Gercegovina
Karachay-Balkar	krc	Босния эм Герцеговина	Bosnija ėm Gercegovina
Kumyk	kum	Босния ва Герцеговина	Bosnija va Gercegovina
Lezgi	lez	Боснияни Герцеговина	Bosnijani Gercegovina
Meadow Mari	mhr	Босний да Герцеговина	Bosnij da Gercegovina
Macedonian	mkd	Босна и Херцеговина	Bosna i Hercegovina
Mongolian	mon	Босни ба Герцеговин	Bosni ba Gercegovin
Ossetian	oss	Босни ӕмӕ Герцеговинӕ	Bosni ämä Gercegovinä
Rusyn	rue	Босна і Герцеґовина	Bosna i Hercegovyna
Russian	rus	Босния и Герцеговина	Bosnija i Gercegovina
Yakut	sah	Босния уонна Херцеговина	Bosnija uonna Ȟercegovina
Serbian	srp	Босна и Херцеговина / Bosna i Hercegovina	Bosna i Hercegovina
Tatar	tat	Босния һәм Герцеговина / Bosniä häm Hersegovina / بوسنىيە ھەم ھېرسېگوۋىنا	Bosniä häm Hersegovina
Tajik	tgk	Босния у Ҳерсеговина / باسنیه و هیرسیگاوینه / Bosnija u Hersegovina, Босния ва Ҳерсеговина / باسنیه و هیرسیگاوینه / Bosnija va Hersegovina, Босния у Герсеговина / باسنیه و گیرسیگاوینه / Bosnija u Gersegovina, Босния ва Герсеговина / باسنیه و گیرسیگاوینه / Bosnija va Gersegovina	Bosnija u Hersegovina, Bosnija va Hersegovina, Bosnija u Gersegovina, Bosnija va Gersegovina
Tuvan	tyv	Босния биле Герцеговина	Bosnija bile Gercegovina
Udmurt	udm	Босния но Герцеговина	Bosnija no Gercegovina
Ukrainian	ukr	Боснія і Герцеґовина	Bosnija i Hercegovyna
Kalmyk	xal	Босния болн Герцеговина	Bosnija boln Gercegovina
Arabic	ara	البوسنة والهرسك	al-Būsnâẗu wa-l-Harsak
South Azerbaijani	azb	بوسنییا وه هئرسئقووینا / Bosniya və Herseqovina	Bosniya və Herseqovina
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	بۆسنیا و هێرزۆگۆڤینا / Bosniya û Hêrzogovîna	Bosniya û Hêrzogovîna
Persian	fas	بوسنی و هرزگوین / وسنی و هرزگووین / Bosnivo Herzegovin / Bosni va Herzegovin	Bosnivo Herzegovin / Bosni va Herzegovin
Western Punjabi	pnb	بوسنیا تے ہرزیگووینا	Bōsniyā te Harzīgōvīnā
Dari	prs	بوسنیا و هرزیگووینا	Bōsniyā va Harzēgōvīnā
Pashto	pus	بوسنيا او هرزېګووينا	Bōsniyā au Harzegōwīnā
Uyghur	uig	بوسنىيە ۋە ھېرسېگوۋىنا / Bosniye we Hérségowina / Босния вә Һерцеговина	Bosniye we Hérségowina
Urdu	urd	باسنیا و ہیرزیگووینا, بوسنیا و ہیرزیگووینا, بوسنیا و ہرزیگووینا, بوسنیا و ہرزگووینا, بوسنیا اور ہرزگووینا	Bāsniyā va Herzegōvīnā, Bōsniyā va Herzegōvīnā, Bōsniyā va Harzegōvīnā, Bōsniyā va Harzigōvīnā, Bōsniyā ôr Harzigōvīnā
Dhivehi	div	ބޮސްނިޔާ ހަރުޒެގޮވީނާ	Bosniyā Harużegovīnā
Syriac	syr	ܒܘܣܢܐ ܘ ܗܪܣܟ	Bōsnā wa Hersek
Hebrew	heb	בוסניה והרצגובינה	Bōsnyah və-Herʦegōṿīnah
Ladino	lad	בוסניה־הירזיגובﬞינה / Bosnia-Herzegovina	Bosnia-Herzegovina
Yiddish	yid	באָסניע און הערצעגאָװינע	Bosnye un Herʦegovine
Amharic	amh	ቦስኒያ-ሄርጸጎቪና	Bosniya-Herṣägovina
Greek (Demotic)	ell-dhi	Βοσνία και Ερζεγοβίνη	Vosnía kai Erzegovínī
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell-kat	Βοσνία καὶ Ἑρζεγοβίνη	Vosnía kaì Herzegovínī
Armenian	hye	Բոսնիա և Հերցեգովինա, Բոսնիա և Հերցոգովինա	Bosnia yev Herc̕egovina, Bosnia yev Herc̕ogovina
Georgian	kat	ბოსნია და ჰერცეგოვინა	Bosnia da Herc̣egovina
Laz	lzz	ბოსნა-ჰერსეკი / Bosna-Hersek’i	Bosna-Hersek’i
Mingrelian	xmf	ბოსნია დო ჰერცეგოვინა	Bosnia do Herc̣egovina
Hindi	hin	बोसनिया हर्ज़ेगोविना	Bosniyā Harzegovinā
Bengali	ben	বসনিয়া ও হার্জেগোভিনা	Bôsniyā o Hārjegobʰinā
Gujarati	guj	બોસ્નિયા અને હર્જેગોવિના	Bosniyā ane Harjegovinā
Oriya	ori	ବୋସନିଆ ଏବଂ ହେର୍ଜେଗୋଭିନା	Bosniā ebôṃ Herjegobʰinā
Punjabi	pan	ਬੋਸਨੀਆ ਤੇ ਹਰਜ਼ੀਗੋਵੀਨਾ	Bosnīā te Harzīgovīnā
Sinhala	sin	බොස්‍නියා සහ හර්‍සෙගොවිනා	Bosniyā saha Harsegovinā
Kannada	kan	ಬಾಸ್ನಿಯ ಮತ್ತು ಹೆರ್ಜೆಗೊವಿನ	Bāsniya mattu Herjegovina
Malayalam	mal	ബോസ്നിയ ഹെര്‍സഗോവിന	Bōsniya Hersagōvina
Tamil	tam	பொஸ்னியாவும் ஹெர்ஸகொவினாவும், பொசுனியாவும் எர்செகோவினாவும், போஸ்னியா ஹெர்ஸிகோவினா	Posṉiyāvum Hersakoviṉāvum, Pocuṉiyāvum Ercekōviṉāvum, Pōsṉiyā Hersikōviṉā
Telugu	tel	బోస్నియా హెర్జగొవీనా	Bōsniyā Herjagovīnā
Chinese	zho	波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維納/波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维纳	Bōsīníyà hé Hēisègēwéinà
Japanese	jpn	ボスニア・ヘルツェゴヴィナ, ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ	Bosunia-Herutsegovina, Bosunia-Herutsegobina
Korean	kor	보스니아헤르체고비나	Boseunia Hereuchegobina
Tibetan	bod	བྷོསུ་ནིཡ་དང་ཧར་ཛེ་གྷོ་ཝི་ན།	Bōsu.niya. daṅ. Har.ǳe.gō.wi.na
Burmese	mya	ဘော့စနီးယားနှင့်ဟာဇီဂိုဗီးနား	Bʰɔ́sánìyà hnĩ́ Hazigobìnà
Thai	tha	บอสเนียและเฮอร์เซโกวีนา	Bɔ̄tniya læ Hə̄[r]sēkōwīnā
Khmer	khm	បូស្ន៊ីនិងហឺហ្ស៊េហ្គោវីណា, បូសស្នៀនិងហឺហ្ស៊េហ្គោវីណា, បុស្សនានិងហៀរហ្សេហ្កូវីនា	Būsnī niṅ Hʉ̄hsehkōvīṇā, Būssnie niṅ Hʉ̄hsehkōvīṇā, Bussnā niṅ Hierhsehkūvīnā

Bosnian is given in Latin, Cyrillic and the Arabic-based Arebica.

02 · NamesU+040F CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DZHE

Bosna and Hercegovina: a river and a duke

The country name joins two regions. Bosna is first recorded in the 10th century, as Βοσώνα (Bosona) in the handbook of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII, and is usually traced to the river Bosna. Hercegovina is the land of a herceg, a duke, from German Herzog: the title belonged to the 15th-century magnate Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, Herceg of Hum and the Coast. Under the Ottomans the region was the Sanjak of Hersek, and Turkish still says Bosna-Hersek.

Three languages share the name at home, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian, all of them Bosna i Hercegovina; Bosnian and Serbian also write it in Cyrillic, Босна и Херцеговина, and Bosnian has an older Arabic-based spelling, Arebica. Abroad the second half carries most of the variation: Herzegowina in German, Herzégovine in French, Erzegovina in Italian, Hertsegovina in Estonian and Finnish, Hersek in Turkish and Kurdish, Герцеговина with G in Russian and most other Cyrillic languages.

03 · Sarajevo

Sarajevo in other languages

Sarajevo in 63 languages and varieties, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639	Name	Romanised
English, Esperanto, French, Croatian	eng / epo / fra / hrv	Sarajevo	same as written
German, Luxembourgish, Low German	deu / ltz / nds	Sarajewo	same as written
Latvian, Albanian	lav / sqi	Sarajeva	same as written
Aragonese	arg	Saraxebo	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Sarayevo / Сарајево	Sarayevo
Bosnian	bos	Sarajevo / Сарајево / سارايەوۉ	Sarajevo
Irish	gle	Sarajevo	same as written
Galician	glg	Saraxevo	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Szarajevó	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Sarayevo	same as written
Latin	lat	Saraievo	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Sarajevas	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Saraievo / Сараево	Saraievo
Malay	msa	Sarajevo / ساراييۏو	Sarajevo
Polish	pol	Sarajewo	same as written
Slovio	slo	Saraevo / Сараево	Saraevo
Samogitian	smg	Sarajevs	same as written
Tetum	tet	Sarajevu	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Saraýewo / Сараево	Saraýewo
Turkish	tur	Saraybosna, Saray, Bosna Sarayı	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Sarayevo / Сараево / سەرەيېۋا	Sarayevo
Old Church Slavonic	chu	Сараѥво	Sarajevo
Bashkir	bak	Сараево / Sarayevo	Sarayevo
Belarusian	bel	Сараева / Sarajeva	Sarajeva
Bulgarian	bul	Сараево	Saraevo
Kazakh	kaz	Сараево / سارايەۆو / Sarayevo	Sarayevo
Kyrgyz	kir	Сараево / سارايەۋو / Sarayevo	Sarayevo
Mongolian	mon	Сараев	Sarajev
Russian	rus	Сараево	Sarajevo
Serbian	srp	Сарајево / Sarajevo	Sarajevo
Tatar	tat	Сараево / Sarayevo / سارايېۋو	Sarayevo
Tajik	tgk	Сараево / سریوا / Sarajevo	Sarajevo
Ukrainian	ukr	Сараєво	Sarajevo
Arabic	ara	سراييفو, ساراييفو	Sarāyīfū, Sārāyīfū
South Azerbaijani	azb	سارایئوو / Sarayevo	Sarayevo
Persian	fas	سرایوو / Sarâyevo, سارایوو / Sârâyevo	Sarâyevo, Sârâyevo
Pashto	pus	سرايېوو	Sarāyewō
Uyghur	uig	سارايېۋو / Sarayéwo / Сараево	Sarayéwo
Urdu	urd	سرائیوو	Sarāʾēvō
Syriac	syr	ܣܪܝܝܒܘ	Sarayēbō
Hebrew	heb	סריבו / סרייבו, סראייבו, סאראייבו	Sarayeṿō, Sarāyeṿō, Sārāyeṿō
Yiddish	yid	סאַראַיעװאָ	Sarayevo
Amharic	amh	ሳራዬቮ	Sarayevo
Greek	ell	Σεράγεβο, Σαράγεβο	Serágevo, Sarágevo
Armenian	hye	Սարաևո	Sarayevo
Georgian	kat	სარაევო	Saraevo
Hindi	hin	सारायेवो, सरायेवो, साराजेवो	Sārāyevo, Sarāyevo, Sārājevo
Bengali	ben	সারায়েভো	Sārāyebʰo
Punjabi	pan	ਸਾਰਾਯੇਵੋ	Sārāyevo
Kannada	kan	ಸಾರಾಯೆವೊ	Sārāyevo
Tamil	tam	சரஜீவோ, சாராஜெவோ	Carajīvō, Cārājevō
Telugu	tel	సరాజెవొ	Sarājevo
Chinese	zho	薩拉熱窩/萨拉热窝	Sàlārèwō
Japanese	jpn	サラエヴォ, サラエボ	Saraevo, Saraebo
Korean	kor	사라예보	Sarayebo
Thai	tha	ซาราเยโว	Sārāyēwō
Khmer	khm	សារ៉ាយេវ៉ូ, សារាចេវ៉ូ	Sārāyevū, Sārāčevū

04 · Entities

Two entities and one district: ISO 3166-2 for Bosnia and Herzegovina

ISO 3166-2:BA codes the two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, and the Brčko District, which has a special status of its own. Names are given in Latin and Cyrillic, the two scripts in official use; the centre column gives the seat in both.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, ISO 3166-2:BA: two entities and one district
ISO 3166-2	Latin	Cyrillic	English	Administrative centre	Change
Entities and district entiteti3
BA-BIH	Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine	Федерација Босне и Херцеговине	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	SarajevoСарајево	2015 ISO deleted the codes of its ten cantons, BA-01 to BA-10
BA-SRP	Republika Srpska	Република Српска	Republika Srpska	Banja LukaБања Лука
BA-BRC	Brčko Distrikt	Брчко Дистрикт	Brčko District	BrčkoБрчко	2010 Added to ISO 3166-2 as a district with special status

Codes and names: ISO 3166-2:BA on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from its English Wikipedia mirror on 28 October 2026. The ten cantons of the Federation had codes from 2007 to 2015 and are listed with those codes on the subdivisions page.

The ten cantons in Latin, Cyrillic and Arebica

05 · Flag

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina

A yellow right-angled triangle stands on a blue field, and a diagonal row of white five-pointed stars runs along its long side, cut off at the top and bottom edge. The Wikimedia Commons drawing uses a field of 16 by 8 units, a proportion of 1:2, with seven whole stars and two halves; the flag on this page follows that geometry.

06 · Questions

Questions about the names and divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

What does Herzegovina mean?

The land of the herceg, the duke. The title, from German Herzog, was held by Stjepan Vukčić Kosača in the 15th century.

How is Bosnia and Herzegovina written in Cyrillic?

Босна и Херцеговина. Russian writes Босния и Герцеговина, with G for the H.

What are the parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, and the Brčko District; the Federation is divided into ten cantons.