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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

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

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.

See also

• Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

External links

• Official website of the local government

References

1. http://www.ustavnisudfbih.ba/bos/odluke/odluke/u11_97.htm

v t e Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
v t e Entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska
v t e Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina      Una-Sana  Central Bosnia  Posavina  Herzegovina-Neretva  Tuzla  West Herzegovina  Zenica-Doboj  Sarajevo  Bosnian Podrinje  Canton 10
v t e Districts of Bosnia and Herzegovina Brčko distrikt
v t e Municipalities and cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cities Bihać Bosanska Krupa Cazin Čapljina Goražde Gračanica Gradačac Konjic Livno Lukavac Ljubuški Mostar Orašje Sarajevo (capital) Srebrenik Stolac Široki Brijeg Tuzla Visoko Zavidovići Zenica Živinice Municipalities Banovići Bosanski Petrovac Bosansko Grahovo Breza Brčko Bugojno Busovača Bužim Cazin Čelić Čitluk Drvar Doboj East Doboj South Dobretići Domaljevac-Šamac Donji Vakuf Foča-Ustikolina Fojnica Glamoč Goražde Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje Grude Hadžići Ilidža Ilijaš Jablanica Jajce Kakanj Kalesija Kiseljak Kladanj Ključ Kreševo Kupres Maglaj Neum Novi Travnik Odžak Olovo Pale-Prača Posušje Prozor-Rama Ravno Sanski Most Sapna Sarajevo Centar Novi Grad Novo Sarajevo Stari Grad Teočak Tešanj Tomislavgrad Travnik Trnovo Usora Vareš Velika Kladuša Vogošća Žepče Republika Srpska Cities Banja Luka Bijeljina Derventa Doboj Gradiška Istočno Sarajevo Laktaši Prijedor Trebinje Zvornik Municipalities Berkovići Bileća Brod Bratunac Brčko Čajniče Čelinac Donji Žabar Foča Gacko Han Pijesak Istočni Drvar Istočni Mostar Istočno Sarajevo Istočna Ilidža Istočno Novo Sarajevo Istočni Stari Grad Pale Sokolac Trnovo Jezero Kalinovik Kneževo Kostajnica Kozarska Dubica Kotor Varoš Krupa na Uni Kupres Ljubinje Lopare Milići Modriča Mrkonjić Grad Nevesinje Novi Grad Novo Goražde Osmaci Oštra Luka Pelagićevo Petrovac Petrovo Prnjavor Ribnik Rogatica Rudo Stanari Šamac Šekovići Šipovo Srbac Srebrenica Teslić Ugljevik Višegrad Vlasenica Vukosavlje

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