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	** ] - 3,567 (99.13%)
	** ] - 6 (0.16% )
	** ] - 4 (0.11%)
	** ] - 1 (0.02%)
	** Other, undecided and unknown - 20 (0.58%)
	*] Total: 28,340		*] Total: 28,340
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Canton in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

West Herzegovina Canton Zapadno-hercegovačka županija Zapadno-hercegovački kanton Западно-херцеговачки кантон
Canton
Location of the West Herzegovina County
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Main city	Široki Brijeg
Municipalities	Široki Brijeg, Posušje, Grude, Ljubuški
Government
• Head of canton	Zvonko Jurišić
Area
• Total	1,362.0 km (525.9 sq mi)
Population
• Total	81,523

West Herzegovina Canton is one of the 10 counties of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Geography and population

It is located in the south of the country. It has a total area of 1362 skm and 81,523 inhabitants. The center of canton government is Široki Brijeg. Citizens of the county are mostly ethnic Croats (absolute majority) .The ethnic composition did not change in any relevant extent during the war.

Municipalities

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Ethnic composition prior the war (1991)

The canton is divided into the municipalities of Grude, Široki Brijeg, Ljubuški and Posušje.

According to the 1991 census the population of the municipalities was

Grude - Total: 16,358
- Croats - 16,210 (99.09%)
- Serbs - 9 (0.05%)
- Bosniaks - 4 (0.02%)
- Yugoslavs - 5 (0.03%)
Other, undecided and unknown - 130 (0.81%)
Ljubuški Total: 28,340
- Croats - 26,127 (92,19%)
- Bosniaks - 1,592 (5,61%)
- Serbs - 65 (0,22%)
- Yugoslavs - 227 (0,80%)
- Other, undecided and unknown - 329 (1.18%)
Posušje - Total: 17,134
- Croats - 16,963 (99.00%)
- Serbs - 9 (0.05%)
- Bosniaks - 6 (0.03%)
- Yugoslavs - 26 (0.15%)
- Other, undecided and unknown - 130 (0.77%)
Široki Brijeg - Total: 27,160
- Croats - 26,864 (98.91%)
- Serbs - 148 (0.54%)
- Bosniaks - 9 (0.03%)
- Yugoslavs - 20 (0.07%)
- Other, undecided and unknown - 119 (0.45%)

Administration

The County government is located in Široki Brijeg . It is divided in following ministries:

Ministriy of Internal affairs (Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova)-headquarters:Ljubuški
Ministry of justice and administration (Ministarstvo pravosuđa i uprave)-)-headquarters:Široki Brijeg
Ministarstvo financija (Ministry of treasury)-)-headquarters:Ljubuški
Ministry of resources and environoment protection (Ministarstvo prostornog uređenja, resursa i zaštite okoliša))-headquarters:Posušje
Ministry of science, education , culture and sport( Ministarstvo prosvjete, znanosti, kulture i športa))-headquarters:Široki Brijeg
Ministry of health , labour and social security (Ministarstvo zdravstva, rada i socijalne skrbi)-headquarters:Grude

Ministry of Croatian defenders of Homeland war (Ministarstvo hrvatskih branitelja iz Domovinskog rata )-headquarters:Grude

Symbols

File:Flag of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg

The flag of the former Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, which includes the coat of arms in the center.

The flag and coat of arms of the canton are same as flag and coat of arms of the former Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. Canton 10, another canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also used this flag and coat of arms. These symbols have been deemed unconstitutional by the Federation Constitutional Court, because it only represented one group. The local government, however, continues using them.