The Bosnian Podrinje Canton is one of the 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two political entities that compose the sovereign country of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The two entities are delineated by the Inter-Entity Boundary Line...

, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

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Geography

It is located in the eastern central part of the country, in the region of Podrinje. The cantonal seat is in Goražde

Goražde

Goražde , is a city and municipality in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Drina river. It is located between Foča, Sokolac and Višegrad, and is administratively part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the center of the Bosnian Podrinje Canton.-Location:Goražde is situated on the...

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Population

As of 2004, the canton has a population of 35,208 residents, mostly ethnic Bosniaks

Bosniaks

The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

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Population of Bosnian Podrinje Canton numbering 35,246 people, including:

• 34,743 Bosniaks (98.6%)
• 418 Serbs (1.2%)
• 50 Croats (0.1%)
• 35 others (0.1%)

Municipalities

The canton consists of the municipalities of Goražde

Goražde

Goražde , is a city and municipality in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Drina river. It is located between Foča, Sokolac and Višegrad, and is administratively part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the center of the Bosnian Podrinje Canton.-Location:Goražde is situated on the...

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Pale-Praca

Pale-Prača is one of three municipalities of the Bosnian Podrinje Canton located in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main town of the municipality is Prača.-Features:...

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Foca-Ustikolina

The municipality of Foča-Ustikolina is one of three municipalities forming the Bosnian Podrinje Canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:Foča-Ustikolina used to be part of the original Foča municipality, but split itself 1995 and became part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Geography...

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See also

• Drina Banovina
  Drina Banovina
  The Drina Banovina or Drina Banate was a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. Its capital was at Sarajevo and it included portions of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia...
  
  
• Podrinje