| Central Bosnia Canton
Srednjobosanski kanton (bs) Županija Središnja Bosna (hr) |
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| Coordinates: 44°06′N 17°39′E / 44.1°N 17.65°E | |||
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Main city | Travnik | ||
| Municipalities | Bugojno, Busovača, Dobretići, Donji Vakuf, Fojnica, Gornji Vakuf, Jajce, Kiseljak, Kreševo, Novi Travnik, Travnik, Vitez | ||
| Government | |||
| - Head of canton | Salko Selman | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 3,189.0 km2 (1,231.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| - Total | 253,035 | ||
| - Density | 79.35/km2 (205.5/sq mi) | ||
The Central Bosnia Canton is one of the ten cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Geography
It is located in the center of the country, to the west of Sarajevo. The center of canton government is Travnik.
Municipalities
The canton is split into the municipalities of Bugojno, Busovača, Dobretići, Donji Vakuf, Fojnica, Gornji Vakuf - Uskoplje, Jajce, Kiseljak, Kreševo, Novi Travnik, Travnik, Vitez.
Demographics
The largest ethnic group in the canton are Bosniaks (living mostly in the municipalities of Jajce, Novi Travnik, Travnik, Donji Vakuf, Bugojno, Gornji Vakuf - Uskoplje, Vitez, Busovaca, Fojnica and Kiseljak), and the second largest are Croats (living mostly in the municipalities of Jajce, Dobretići, Novi Travnik, Vitez, Busovača, Kiseljak, and Kreševo, Gornji Vakuf - Uskoplje, and Fojnica).
| Population of Central Bosnain Canton by 1991 census * | ||||||
| Municipalities by 1991 borders | All | Bosniaks (Muslims in 1991 census) | Croats | Serbs | Yugoslavs | Others |
| Travnik | 70.747 | 31.813 | 26.118 | 7.777 | 3.743 | 1.296 |
| Novi Travnik | 30.713 | 11.625 | 12.162 | 4.097 | 2.132 | 697 |
| Vitez | 27.859 | 11.514 | 12.675 | 1.501 | 1.377 | 792 |
| Busovača | 18.879 | 8.451 | 9.093 | 623 | 510 | 202 |
| Kiseljak | 24.164 | 9.778 | 12.550 | 740 | 600 | 496 |
| Kreševo | 6.731 | 1.531 | 4.714 | 34 | 251 | 201 |
| Fojnica | 16.296 | 8.024 | 6.623 | 157 | 407 | 1.085 |
| Gornji Vakuf/Uskoplje | 25.181 | 14.063 | 10.706 | 110 | 158 | 144 |
| Bugojno | 46.889 | 19.697 | 16.031 | 8.673 | 1.561 | 927 |
| Donji Vakuf | 24.544 | 13.509 | 682 | 9.533 | 593 | 227 |
| Jajce | 45.007 | 17.380 | 15.811 | 8.663 | 2.496 | 657 |
| New municipalities and villages (1995) added to CBC | All | Bosniaks (Muslims in 1991 census) | Croats | Serbs | Yugoslavs | Others |
| Municipality Dobretići (1991 part of Skender Vakuf municipality) | 4.944 | 3 | 4.720 | 158 | 19 | 42 |
| Vlasinje (1991 part of Mrkonjić grad municipality) | 1.133 | 975 | 1 | 149 | 2 | 6 |
| Kruševo Brdo II (1991 part of Kotor Varoš municipality) | 399 | 0 | 0 | 395 | 1 | 3 |
| New municipalities and villages (1995) removed from CBC | All | Bosniaks (Muslims in 1991 census) | Croats | Serbs | Yugoslavs | Others |
| Ljuša (1991 part of Donji Vakuf municipality) | 172 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 3 | 0 |
| Municipality Jezero (1991 part of Jajce municipality) | 1949 | 756 | 95 | 1032 | 44 | 22 |
| Municipalities by 1991 borders | All | Bosniaks (Muslims in 1991 census) | Croats | Serbs | Yugoslavs | Others |
| Central Bosnian Canton 1991 | 341365 | 147608 (43%) | 131791 (39%) | 41409 (12%) | 13805 (4%) | 6753 (2%) |
- Border between two entites have also divided some settlments, but the differences should be minimal. However, because so this is not exact data.
See also
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Coordinates: 44°06′N 17°39′E / 44.1°N 17.65°E
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