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Posavina CantonPosavska županija
Flag Coat of arms
Status	Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Capital	Orašje
Largest city	Odžak
Official languages	Croatian and Bosnian
Ethnic groups (1991)	66.90% Croats15.73% Serbs12.85% Muslims4.47% others
Demonym(s)	Posavinian
Government	Parliamentary system
• Prime Minister	Marijan Klaić
Legislature	Assembly of the Posavina Canton
Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Establishment	12 June 1996
Area
• Total	325 km (125 sq mi)
Population
• 2013 census	48,089
• Density	147.97/km (383.2/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2013 estimate
• Total	BAM 218.404 million
• Per capita	BAM 4541.7
Currency	BAM
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Date format	dd-mm-yyy
Drives on	Right

The Posavina Canton, officially the County of Posavina (Template:Lang-hr, Serbian Cyrillic: Посавски кантон, Template:Lang-bs) is the second of ten cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the smallest canton with an area of only 325 km². Its capital is Orašje.

Municipalities

The canton is split into the municipalities of Domaljevac, Odžak, Orašje.

Politics

The cantonal assembly is composed of:

• Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 8
• Croatian Democratic Union 1990 - 5
• Croatian Party of Rights - 2
• Party of Democratic Action - 2
• Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1
• Social Democratic Party - 1
• Union for a Better Future of BiH - 1
• Posavska Stranka - 1

Geography

The canton lies near the border with Croatia and near the river Sava which forms a natural border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Odžak and Orašje-Domaljevac form two exclaves of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Posavina is a region which includes other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and parts of Croatia. Because of that, this canton is sometimes called Bosanska Posavina (Bosnian Posavina) and is the only part of northern Bosnia near the border with Croatia that lies in the Federation. The rest of northern Bosnia near the river Sava and near the border is the Brčko District and the Republika Srpska. The Brčko district divides Republika Srpska into 2 parts.

The Posavina canton's position near the Sava river makes it a good place for agriculture because it is a flat lowland and there are no mountains in the area. It is like this in the entire northern border with Croatia, with a great deal of farming and agriculture. The river Sava is a river who flows through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it flows through the northern border and makes a natural border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

Posavina means literally along Sava in the local languages. The river Sava is the largest navigable river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Much of the food in both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia comes from this region, not only Bosnian Posavina but the rest of the fertile fields along the river Sava.

Demographics

Sport

HNK Orašje, the local football club from Orašje won the Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

See also

• Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of heads of the Posavina Canton

References

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v t e Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
v t e Entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska
v t e Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina      Una-Sana  Central Bosnia  Posavina  Herzegovina-Neretva  Tuzla  West Herzegovina  Zenica-Doboj  Sarajevo  Bosnian Podrinje  Canton 10
v t e Districts of Bosnia and Herzegovina Brčko distrikt
v t e Municipalities and cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cities Bihać Bosanska Krupa Cazin Čapljina Goražde Gračanica Gradačac Konjic Livno Lukavac Ljubuški Mostar Orašje Sarajevo (capital) Srebrenik Stolac Široki Brijeg Tuzla Visoko Zavidovići Zenica Živinice Municipalities Banovići Bosanski Petrovac Bosansko Grahovo Breza Brčko Bugojno Busovača Bužim Cazin Čelić Čitluk Drvar Doboj East Doboj South Dobretići Domaljevac-Šamac Donji Vakuf Foča-Ustikolina Fojnica Glamoč Goražde Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje Grude Hadžići Ilidža Ilijaš Jablanica Jajce Kakanj Kalesija Kiseljak Kladanj Ključ Kreševo Kupres Maglaj Neum Novi Travnik Odžak Olovo Pale-Prača Posušje Prozor-Rama Ravno Sanski Most Sapna Sarajevo Centar Novi Grad Novo Sarajevo Stari Grad Teočak Tešanj Tomislavgrad Travnik Trnovo Usora Vareš Velika Kladuša Vogošća Žepče Republika Srpska Cities Banja Luka Bijeljina Derventa Doboj Gradiška Istočno Sarajevo Laktaši Prijedor Trebinje Zvornik Municipalities Berkovići Bileća Brod Bratunac Brčko Čajniče Čelinac Donji Žabar Foča Gacko Han Pijesak Istočni Drvar Istočni Mostar Istočno Sarajevo Istočna Ilidža Istočno Novo Sarajevo Istočni Stari Grad Pale Sokolac Trnovo Jezero Kalinovik Kneževo Kostajnica Kozarska Dubica Kotor Varoš Krupa na Uni Kupres Ljubinje Lopare Milići Modriča Mrkonjić Grad Nevesinje Novi Grad Novo Goražde Osmaci Oštra Luka Pelagićevo Petrovac Petrovo Prnjavor Ribnik Rogatica Rudo Stanari Šamac Šekovići Šipovo Srbac Srebrenica Teslić Ugljevik Višegrad Vlasenica Vukosavlje

• Posavina Canton
• Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina