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Bosnia and Herzegovina

drawn on the map 1992–2024

Bosnia and Herzegovina endured the war's worst atrocities (1992–1995), including the siege of Sarajevo, systematic ethnic cleansing, and the Srebrenica genocide of July 1995. According to the ICTY, "Bosnian Serb and other forces killed between 7,000 and 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys between approximately 11 and 19 July 1995"; the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial lists 8,372 victims.

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Shown on the map
1992–2024
Peak area
51k km²
Region
Europe

Overview

Bosnia and Herzegovina endured the war's worst atrocities (1992–1995), including the siege of Sarajevo, systematic ethnic cleansing, and the Srebrenica genocide of July 1995. According to the ICTY, "Bosnian Serb and other forces killed between 7,000 and 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys between approximately 11 and 19 July 1995"; the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial lists 8,372 victims. The killings have been recognised as genocide by both the ICTY and the International Court of Justice. The Dayton Peace Agreement (November/December 1995) ended the war and created a complex, decentralised state of two "entities" (the Bosniak-Croat Federation and the Serb-dominated Republika Srpska) plus the Brčko District, under a tripartite rotating presidency and an international High Representative. Present status (Sept 2026): the tripartite Presidency (Denis Bećirović, Željko Komšić, Željka Cvijanović); Council of Ministers chair Borjana Krišto; the political system remains in crisis, with Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik removed from office and banned following a 2025 conviction, and an SNSD ally (Siniša Karan) reported as elected RS president in the ensuing snap vote (February 2026). Bosnia is an EU candidate (2022) with a general election due in October 2026. (RS developments are fast-moving.)

Common questions

What was Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Bosnia and Herzegovina endured the war's worst atrocities (1992–1995), including the siege of Sarajevo, systematic ethnic cleansing, and the Srebrenica genocide of July 1995. According to the ICTY, "Bosnian Serb and other forces killed between 7,000 and 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys between approximately 11 and 19 July 1995"; the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial lists 8,372 victims.
When is Bosnia and Herzegovina shown on the map?
The border data draws Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992–2024. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
How large was Bosnia and Herzegovina?
At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Bosnia and Herzegovina covered about 51,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.

Sources

This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each state as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the ICTY and the 2004 Wiesel Commission for genocide and atrocity figures, and current news reporting (Reuters, AP, BBC, and others) for 2025–2026 political developments, which should be verified against live sources. The article this entry is anchored on:

This entry was last updated .

This entry was researched and drafted with AI from the sources above, and has not been reviewed by a historian. How entries are made

Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0: reuse it with a credit to The World Through Time and a link to this page. Passages drawing on the Wikipedia articles listed above are also licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 by their contributors.

Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).

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