Flag Coat of arms Official languages Croatian and Bosnian Area 325 km² Local time Friday 10:56 PM | Largest city Odžak Demonym Posavinian Population 43,453 (2013) Capital Orašje, Bosnia | |
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Status Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ethnic groups (2013) 77.32% Croats
19.00% Bosniaks
1.91% Serbs
1.77% others Weather 13°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 71% Humidity | ||
The Posavina Canton (Bosnian and Serbian: Posavski kanton/Посавски кантон, Croatian: Županija Posavska) is the second of ten cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the smallest canton with an area of only 325 km². Its capital is Orašje.
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Map of Posavina Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Municipalities
The canton is split into the municipalities of Domaljevac, Odžak, and Orašje.
Politics
The cantonal assembly is composed of:
Geography
The canton lies near the border with Croatia and near the river Sava which forms a natural border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Odžak and Orašje-Domaljevac form two exclaves of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Posavina is a region which includes other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and parts of Croatia. Because of that, this canton is sometimes called Bosanska Posavina (Bosnian Posavina) and is the only part of northern Bosnia near the border with Croatia that lies in the Federation. The rest of northern Bosnia near the river Sava and near the border is the Brčko District and the Republika Srpska. The Brčko district divides Republika Srpska into 2 parts.
The Posavina canton's position near the Sava river makes it a good place for agriculture because it is a flat lowland and there are no mountains in the area. It is like this in the entire northern border with Croatia, with a great deal of farming and agriculture. The river Sava is a river who flows through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it flows through the northern border and makes a natural border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.
Posavina means literally along Sava in the local language. The river Sava is the largest navigable river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Much of the food in both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia comes from this region, not only Bosnian Posavina but the rest of the fertile fields along the river Sava.
Sport
HNK Orašje, the local football club from Orašje won the Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina.