Central Bosnia Canton
| Central Bosnia Canton Srednjobosanski kanton
Županija Središnja Bosna
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| Status | Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||
| Capital and largest city |
Travnik | |||||
| Official languages | Bosnian and Croatian | |||||
| Ethnic groups (1991) | 43.10% Bosniaks 38.57% Croats 12.30% Serbs 6.03% others | |||||
| Demonym | Central Bosnian | |||||
| Government | Parliamentary system | |||||
| • | Prime Minister | Tahir Lendo | ||||
| Legislature | Assembly of the Central Bosnia Canton | |||||
| Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||
| • | Establishment | 12 June 1996 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| • | Total | 3,189 km2 1,231.3 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| • | 2013 census | 273,149 | ||||
| • | Density | 85.65/km2 221.84/sq mi |
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| GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate | |||||
| • | Total | BAM 1,276.830 million | ||||
| • | Per capita | BAM 4674.48 | ||||
| Currency | BAM | |||||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| • | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
The Central Bosnia Canton (Bosnian: Srednjobosanski kanton, Croatian: Županija Središnja Bosna) is the sixth of 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Geography[edit]
It is located in the center of the country, to the west of Sarajevo. The center of canton government is Travnik.
Municipalities[edit]
The canton is split into the municipalities of Bugojno, Busovača, Dobretići, Donji Vakuf, Fojnica, Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, Jajce, Kiseljak, Kreševo, Novi Travnik, Travnik, Vitez.
Demographics[edit]
Of the ten cantons comprising the Federation of Bosnia Herzegovina, Central Bosnia Canton and Herzegovina-Neretva Canton are the only ones in which neither Bosniaks nor Croats form an absolute majority. There are thus special legislative procedures for the protection of the constituent ethnic groups.[citation needed] Bosniaks form a majority in the municipalities of Bugojno, Donji Vakuf, Fojnica, Gornji Vakuf – Uskoplje and Travnik. Croats form a majority in the municipalities of Busovača, Dobretići, Jajce, Kreševo, Kiseljak, Novi Travnik and Vitez.[citation needed]
| Population of Central Bosnian Canton by 1991 census * | ||||||
| Municipalities by 1991 borders | All | Bosniaks | Croats | Serbs | Yugoslavs | Others |
| Travnik | 70.747 | 31.813 | 26.118 | 7.777 | 3.743 | 1.296 |
| Novi Travnik | 30.713 | 11.625 | 12.162 | 4.097 | 2.132 | 697 |
| Vitez | 27.859 | 11.514 | 12.675 | 1.501 | 1.377 | 792 |
| Busovača | 18.879 | 8.451 | 9.093 | 623 | 510 | 202 |
| Kiseljak | 24.164 | 9.778 | 12.550 | 740 | 600 | 496 |
| Kreševo | 6.731 | 1.531 | 4.714 | 34 | 251 | 201 |
| Fojnica | 16.296 | 8.024 | 6.623 | 157 | 407 | 1.085 |
| Gornji Vakuf/Uskoplje | 25.181 | 14.063 | 10.706 | 110 | 158 | 144 |
| Bugojno | 46.889 | 19.697 | 16.031 | 8.673 | 1.561 | 927 |
| Donji Vakuf | 24.544 | 13.509 | 682 | 9.533 | 593 | 227 |
| Jajce | 45.007 | 17.380 | 15.811 | 8.663 | 2.496 | 657 |
| New municipalities and villages (1995) added to CBC | All | Bosniaks | Croats | Serbs | Yugoslavs | Others |
| Municipality Dobretići (1991 part of Skender Vakuf municipality) | 4.944 | 3 | 4.720 | 158 | 19 | 42 |
| Vlasinje (1991 part of Mrkonjić grad municipality) | 1.133 | 975 | 149 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Kruševo Brdo II (1991 part of Kotor Varoš municipality) | 399 | 0 | 0 | 395 | 1 | 3 |
| New municipalities and villages (1995) removed from CBC | All | Bosniaks | Croats | Serbs | Yugoslavs | Others |
| Ljuša (1991 part of Donji Vakuf municipality) | 172 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 3 | 0 |
| Municipality Jezero (1991 part of Jajce municipality) | 1949 | 756 | 95 | 1032 | 44 | 22 |
| Municipalities by 1991 borders | All | Bosniaks | Croats | Serbs | Yugoslavs | Others |
| Central Bosnian Canton 1991 | 341365 | 147608 (43%) | 131939 (39%) | 41261 (12%) | 13805 (4%) | 6753 (2%) |
- Border between two entities have also divided some settlements, but the differences should be minimal. However, because so this is not exact data.