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| Official languages | Serbian, Croatian, Bosniak | ||
| Capital | de jure Sarajevo, de facto Banja Luka | ||
| Area - Total - % water | 24,811 km˛ n/a | ||
| Population - Total ( 2001) - Density | 1,490,993 60/km˛ | ||
| Ethnic groups ( 1996) | SerbsSerbs Total population: 11 million (est. Population: ; Serbia and Montenegro: 6,674,470 ; Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1,479,930 ; Croatia: 201,631 (2001) (580,000 in 1991) ; Slovenia: 38,964 (2002) ; FYROM: 35,939 (2002) ; Albania: 10,000 ; Romania: 22,725 (2: 90% Bosniaks: 7% Others: 3% | ||
| PresidentPresident is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. Etymologically, a "president" is one who presides, who sits in leadership (from Latin prae "before" + sedere "to sit"). Originally, the term usually referr | Dragan Cavic | ||
| AnthemFor the novel by Ayn Rand, see Anthem (novel). An anthem is a choral composition to an English religious text sung in church services. The term has evolved to mean a song of celebration, usually acting as a symbol for a certain group of people, as in the | Bože PravdeBoze pravde (God of Justice) is the anthem of Serbia and Republika Srpska. It was written in 1872 with music by Davorin Jenko and words by Jovan Dordevic. Being the anthem of the Kingdom of Serbia, the original lyrics praise Serbian king. Today, Republika (God the Righteous) | ||
| Time zoneTime Zone was also an old historical computer game. Time zones are areas of the Earth that have adopted the same standard time. Formerly, people used local solar time (originally apparent and then mean), resulting in time differing slightly from town to t | UTC +1 | ||
| CurrencyFor exchange rates, see here. A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of goods and services. It is a form of money, where money is defined as a medium of exchange rather than e. a store of value. A currency zone is a country or region | Convertible Mark (KM) | ||
The Republika Srpska (RS) is one of the two entities that compose the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the other entity is the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina). In English it is sometimes called the Serb Republic or Republic of Srpska, although the latter is an incorrect translation ("Srpska" is an adjective, not a noun). Because of the potential for confusion between the "Serb Republic" (Republika Srpska) and the "Republic of Serbia" (Republika Srbija), the name "Republika Srpska" is often used in its untranslated form in non- Slavic countries to avoid any confusion with Serbia. This article follows that convention.
The RS has its own government, coat of arms, anthem, president, parliament (the Народна Скупштина Републике Српске/Narodna Skupština Republike Srpske), customs department, police force, postal system, and airline ( Air Srpska). It has its own army, the Vojska Republike Srpske, which is now under the control of the state-level Ministry of Defense (as is the army of the Federation).
For a while it even had its own currency ( 1992- 94), the Republika Srpska dinar. It uses the Serbian tricolour as its flag. Although the constitution names Sarajevo as the capital of the RS, the northwestern city of Banja Luka is the headquarters of most of the institutions of government — including the parliament — and the de facto capital.
Today, Republika Srpska is the poorer political entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina and it has a high crime rate.