This article is about a geographic region of Bosnia. For other uses of the term Bosnia, see
Bosnia (disambiguation).
Approximate borders between Bosnia (marked dark) and Herzegovina (marked light)
Historically and geographically, the region known as Bosnia (natively Bosna;
Cyrillic: Босна) comprises the northern part of the present-day country of
Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging to the southern borders of the Pannonian
plain, with the rivers Sava and Drina marking its
northern and eastern borders. The southern, Mediterranean, region of the country is Herzegovina.
The area of Bosnia comprises approximately 41,000 km², and makes up about 80% of the territory of the present-day state of
Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are no true borders between the regions in Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and, unofficially, Herzegovina is
south of Ivan-planina.
The two regions have formed a geopolitical entity since medieval times, and the name "Bosnia" commonly occurs in historical
and geopolitical senses as generally referring to both regions (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The official use of the name including
both regions started only in the late period of Ottoman-rule.
History
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From the mid 12th century the ban Kulin, created an independent Bosnian state. From the
1360s the Bosnian kingdom included the territories of Bosnia and of what would later become Herzegovina. As part of the
Ottoman Empire for four centuries (1463 - 1878), Bosnia comprised a state
(sanjak) that included Herzegovina until the middle of the 19th century. The area acquired
the name of "Bosnia and Herzegovina" in 1853 as a result of a twist in political events.
References
W. Miller. Bosnia before the Turkish Conquest, The English Historical Review ® 1898 Oxford University Press
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Una River - north-west Bosnia (view from Brekovica)
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