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General Information Area: 51,129 sq km (19,741 sq miles). Population: 4,211,000 (1998). Population Density: 82.4 per sq km. Capital: Sarajevo. Population: 526,000 (1998). GEOGRAPHY: Roughly triangular in shape, and the geopolitical centre of the former Yugoslav Federation, Bosnia and Herzegovina shares borders with Serbia and Montenegro in the east and southeast, and Croatia to the north and west, with a short Adriatic coastline of 20km (12 miles) in the southeast, but no ports. Government: Parliamentary Democracy. Under the terms of the 1995 Dayton Peace agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of two entities: Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine (the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Republika Srpska (the Serbian Republic). Heads of State: The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of two Members and one Chairperson: one Bosniak, one Serb and one Croat. Current Members and Chairman are: Beriz Belkic (since 2001), Jozo Krizanovic (since 2001) and Safet Halilovic (since 2002). The chair rotates. Head of Government: Prime Minister Dragan Mikerevic (since 2002). Language: The official languages are Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian. The Croats and Bosniaks use the Latin alphabet, whereas the Serbs use the Cyrillic. Religion: Forty-four per cent Muslim, 31 per cent Orthodox, 17 per cent Roman Catholic and eight per cent other denominations and religions. Time: GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in September). Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz. Two-pin plugs are in use. Communications:   Telephone Country code: 387. Outgoing international code: 99. All telecommunications services, including facsimile, have been restored. This is also true of internal and international postal services. Mobile telephone GSM 900 network. Coverage is reasonable. Network operators include GSMBIH, Mobilna Srpske and Eronet (website: www.eronet.ba). Internet Local ISPs include bih.net (website: www.bih.net.ba) and Inecco (website: www.inecco.net). There are few, if any Internet cafes; however, hotels may provide facilities. Press The main newspaper for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dnevni Avaz, is published in Sarajevo. Serbian newspapers include Nezavisne Novine and Glas Srpski, both published in Banja Luka. BBC World Service and Voice of America frequencies: From time to time these change. BBC (website: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice): MHz 17.64 12.10 9.410 6.195 Voice of America (website: www.voa.gov): MHz 15.21 11.82 9.760 1.197 From www.columbusguides.com, Copyright © 2004 Highbury Columbus Travel Publishing Terms and Conditions apply.