Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Kantona u Federaciji Bosne i Hercegovine (bs) Županije Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine (hr) Кантона у Федерацији Босне и Херцеговине (sr)
Category	Federal unit
Location	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Number	10 Cantons
Populations	25,336 (Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde) – 477,278 (Tuzla)
Areas	325 km2 (125.5 sq mi) (Posavina) – 4,934 km2 (1,905.1 sq mi) (Canton 10)
Government	Canton government
Subdivisions	Municipality

The cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: kantoni, Croatian: županije, Serbian: кантони) are the members states of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the two political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The ten cantons were established by the Law on Federal Units (Cantons) on 12 June 1996.

Cantons

The cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina were created by the Law on Federal Units (Cantons) of 1996, which was based on the Bosniak-Croat Washington Agreement. The cantons consist of municipalities (singular: općina, општина; plural: općine, општине). A canton has its own government headed by the Prime minister. The Prime minister has his own cabinet, and is assisted in his duties by various cantonal ministries, agencies, and cantonal or county services. Five of the cantons (Una-Sana, Tuzla, Zenica-Doboj, Bosnian Podrinje, and Sarajevo) have a Bosniak majority, three (Posavina, West Herzegovina and Canton 10) have Bosnian Croat majority, while two of them (Central Bosnia and Herzegovina-Neretva) are 'ethnically mixed', meaning there are special legislative procedures for the protection of the political interests of the constituent ethnic groups. The most populous canton is Tuzla Canton while Canton 10 (or Herzeg-Bosnia County) is the largest by size.

Coat of arms	No.	Abbr	English name	Bosnian name	Croatian name	Center	Population (2013 census)	Area (km2)	Density	Municipalities
	1	USK	Una-Sana Canton	Unsko-sanski kanton	Unsko-sanska županija	Bihać	299,343	4,125.0	69.8	8
	2	PK ŽP	Posavina Canton	Posavski kanton	Županija Posavska	Orašje	48,089	324.6	124.8	3
	3	TK	Tuzla Canton	Tuzlanski kanton	Tuzlanska županija	Tuzla	477,278	2,649.0	187.9	13
	4	ZDK	Zenica-Doboj Canton	Zeničko-dobojski kanton	Zeničko-dobojska županija	Zenica	385,067	3,334.3	119.9	12
	5	BPK	Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde	Bosansko-podrinjski kanton Goražde	Bosansko-podrinjska županija Goražde	Goražde	25,336	504.6	65.8	3
	6	SBK KSB	Central Bosnia Canton	Srednjobosanski kanton	Županija Središnja Bosna	Travnik	273,149	3,189	80.2	12
	7	HNK HNŽ	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton	Hercegovačko-neretvanski kanton	Hercegovačko-neretvanska županija	Mostar	236,278	4,401	51.5	9
	8	ŽHZ ZHK	West Herzegovina Canton	Zapadnohercegovački kanton	Županija Zapadnohercegovačka	Široki Brijeg	97,893	1,362.2	60.1	4
	9	KS	Sarajevo Canton	Kanton Sarajevo	Sarajevska županija	Sarajevo	438,443	1,276.9	329.9	9
	10	K10 HBŽ	Canton 10	Kanton 10, Livanjski kanton	Hercegbosanska županija	Livno	90,727	4,934.9	16.5	6
		FBiH	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine	Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine	Sarajevo	2,371,603	26,110.0	89.1	79

Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Possible reorganization

There are a number of propositions for the reorganization of the Federation, ranging from decreasing the number of cantons, establishing new federal units on the state level, to the exchange of jurisdiction between the cantons and the Federation. However, this question requires a high level of political agreement, especially between the Bosniak and Croat political parties, since it would necessarily include changing the federal constitution. For a constitutional law to pass, it has to obtain the support of the majority of the representatives and delegates in both chambers of the Federal parliament, including the majority of Croat and Bosniak delegates in the House of Peoples.

See also

• Cantons of Switzerland
• ISO 3166-2:BA