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Europe

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Ratio: 1:2 Adopted: February 4, 1998 Usage:National and Civil

The dark The flag was
blue and imposed by the
yellow, and international High
the stars, Representative
refer to
the flag of
Europe

The geographical shape
of Bosnia is a triangle

Europe
Bosnia-Herzegovina was under Turkish rule
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After Bosnia-Herzegovina had broken Croats and Serbs.
away from Yugoslavia in 1992, a In February 1998, the international
neutral plain white flag was adopted High Representative, who safeguards
by parliament. The country’s the peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina,
independence triggered a civil war imposed a new flag. However, it was
between the three ethnic groups— designed by a committee with
Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. After the members from all three ethnic groups.
Dayton, Ohio, peace agreement was The country is now divided
signed in 1995, the “neutral” Bosnian into two parts: the Bosnian-Croat
flag became unacceptable to the Federation and the Serb Republic.
BOSNIA-CROAT FEDERATION FLAG
Red and white are Green is the color
Croatian colors of Islam
The ten stars are for
the ten cantons in
the Federation
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