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	The '''Posavina Canton''', officially the '''County of Posavina'''<ref name="Constitution" /> ({{lang-hr\|~~Županija~~ ~~Posavska~~}}, {{lang-~~sr-cyrl~~\|~~Посавски~~ ~~кантон~~}}, {{lang-bs\|~~Posavski~~ ~~kanton~~}}) is the second of ten ] of the ] in ]. It is the smallest canton with an area of only 325 km². Its capital is ].		The '''Posavina Canton''', officially the '''County of Posavina'''<ref name="Constitution" /> ({{lang-bs\|Posavski kanton}}, {{lang-hr\|Županija Posavska}}, {{lang-sr-cyrl\|Посавски кантон}}) is the second of ten ] of the ] in ]. It is the smallest canton with an area of only 325 km². Its capital is ].

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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-bs, Template:Lang-hr, Serbian Cyrillic: Посавски кантон) 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

Municipality	Nationality								Total
Municipality	Croats	%	Serbs	%	Muslims	%	Other	%	Total
Odžak	16,338	54.36	5,667	18.85	6,220	20.69	1,831	6.09	30,056
Orašje	21,308	75.12	4,235	14.93	1,893	6.67	931	3.28	28,367
Domaljevac-Šamac	4,598	98.02	26	0.55	7	0.15	60	1.28	4,691
Canton	42,224	66.90	9,928	15.73	8,113	12.85	2,822	4.47	63,114
1991 census