Bosnia and Herzegovina

clues 16Regions 18Updated 2025-11-07

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LanguageBosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Driving sideDrives on the right
Domain.ba
Easily confused with:Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, GeorgiaQuizzes for this area:Bosnia and Herzegovina State Quiz, Bosnia and Herzegovina City Quiz

Whole area4

Clues that work anywhere in this area

Bollard★★★

Angular guardrails and bollards appear here, also found in neighbouring countries.

Watch outBollards, guardrails, and crosswalk signs from neighbouring countries get mixed in here too, so don't rely on this alone.
Examples123456
Signs★★★

Milestone signs similar to Slovenia's appear here too, with the road number written on them.

Examples123See alsoSlovenia
Building★★★

Brick houses are common. In Croatia they're mostly found on the plains, but in Bosnia and Herzegovina you'll find them in mountainous areas too.

Watch outBlue fire hydrants are also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, so don't call Croatia based on that alone.
Examples12See alsoCroatia

Narrowing down the region10

Once you know the area: which part of it

Administrative divisions

Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje

Where Administrative divisions clues apply7

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  1. Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  2. Latin script
  3. blue and yellow
  4. Cyrillic
  5. red, blue, and white
  6. coat of arms
  7. large signs
Religion & Culture★★★

The country consists of two entities set out by the Dayton Agreement — the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska — and the script and flags displayed differ between them.

SourcesDayton Agreement
Where
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
  • Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Republika Srpska
Language & Script★★★

In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, nameplates on houses and similar signage are mostly in Latin script.

Examples123
Where
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Religion & Culture★★★

In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, you'll find houses flying blue-and-yellow flags.

Examples12
Where
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Language & Script★★★

In Republika Srpska, nameplates on houses and similar signage are mostly in Cyrillic script.

Examples123
Where
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Religion & Culture★★★

In Republika Srpska, you'll find houses flying the red-blue-white horizontal tricolour flag.

Examples12
Where
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Flag of the Republika Srpska
Flag of the Republika Srpska
Religion & Culture★★★

In Republika Srpska, you'll spot the Republika Srpska coat of arms.

Examples1
Where
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Seal of the Republika Srpska
Seal of the Republika Srpska
Signs★★★

In Republika Srpska, large signs turn up more often.

Examples12
Where
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinje
Signs★★★

On bilingual signs, one of the two languages is sometimes spray-painted over or damaged.

Watch outA similar phenomenon shows up on Corsica, France.
Examples12See alsoFrance

Terrain

Landscape★★★

The Dinaric Alps cut across the country, and the south has rugged terrain reaching over 2,000m. The north is a continental-climate plain, while the southern area near the sea has a Mediterranean climate.

  • Northern plain
  • Dinaric Alps
  • South (near the mouth of the Neretva River)
Examples12345678SourcesNeretva River
Where
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian Podrinjenear the mouth of the Neretva Rivernear the mouth of the Neretva River
Bosnia and Herzegovina topographic map
Bosnia and Herzegovina topographic map
By DzWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0

Railways

Road★★★

The rail network crosses the country centred on Doboj, with many lines running along rivers. If you see a line running through steep karst mountains, think of routes southwest of Sarajevo.

Examples12
Where
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian PodrinjeDobojroutes southwest of SarajevoDobojroutes southwest of Sarajevo
Railway map of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Railway map of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
By Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa) - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5

Narrowing down the city2

Once you know the region: which city or town

Plants & farming★★★

Mount Bjelašnica has a treeline around 1,500m elevation, above which no trees grow. Its climate classification is alpine tundra (ET).

Examples123SourcesBjelašnica
Where
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian PodrinjeMount BjelašnicaMount Bjelašnica
Bjelasnica
Bjelasnica
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Signs★★★

Neum is the only municipality with a coastline on the Adriatic. It has no large port, but street signs spell out "Neum," so spotting one makes it an easy pinpoint.

Examples1
Where
Herzegovina-NeretvaTrebinjeFočaBanja LukaUna-SanaDobojPosavinaBrčko DistriktBijeljinaWest BosniaWest HerzegovinaVlasenicaCentral BosniaZenica-DobojTuzlaSarajevo-romanijaSarajevoBosnian PodrinjeNeumNeum

Regions

Hover a region on the map to see its name
Herzegovina-Neretva Trebinje Foča Banja Luka Una-Sana Doboj Posavina Brčko Distrikt Bijeljina West Bosnia West Herzegovina Vlasenica Central Bosnia Zenica-Doboj Tuzla Sarajevo-romanija Sarajevo Bosnian Podrinje

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Quiz

Basics

General facts about this place
  • Composed of two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, with its current state structure established by the 1995 Dayton Agreement[ref]
  • The capital Sarajevo hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics and still preserves the Ottoman-era Baščaršija old town[ref]

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