Bosnia borders Croatia and FR Yugoslavia. It covers an area of 51,129 square km.
Landscape is mostly hilly and there is narrow belt of the Adriatic coast.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has mainly continental climate with short fresh summers and long winters with heavy snowfalls. According to the 1991 census country's population is 4,354,911 people. This is multinational and multicultural State. First traces of Bosnia-Herzegovina date back to 958, when it was for the first time mentioned under name of Bosona. In 1180's Bosnia became virtually free of Hungarian control and was able to stand, for the first time, as more or less independent state.