Republika Srpska Република Српска
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Location of the Republika Srpska (orange) and Brčko District (green) within Bosnia and Herzegovina.a
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Capital |
Sarajevo(de jure) Banja Luka (de facto; administrative centre) |
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Largest city | Banja Luka | ||||
Official languages | Serbian, Bosnian and Croatianb | ||||
Ethnic groups (2013 census) | |||||
Government | Parliamentary system | ||||
Milorad Dodik | |||||
Željka Cvijanović | |||||
Nedeljko Čubrilović | |||||
Legislature | National Assembly | ||||
Formation | |||||
• Proclaimed
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9 January 1992 | ||||
• Recognized as
part of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
14 December 1995 | ||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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24,641 km2 (9,514 sq mi) | ||||
• Water (%)
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n/a | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2013 census
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1,218,107 d | ||||
• Density
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53/km2 (137.3/sq mi) | ||||
Currency |
Republika Srpska dinar (1992-1994) Yugoslav dinar (1994-1998) convertible mark (1998-present) (BAM) |
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Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||
• Summer (DST)
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CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
Calling code | +387 | ||||
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Republika Srpska (Serbian Cyrillic: Република Српскa, pronounced [repǔblika srpska]) is one of two constitutional and legal entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The entities are largely autonomous. The administrative centre is Banja Luka.
In Serbo-Croatian, Republika Srpska means "Serb Republic". The second word is a nominalized adjective derived by adding the suffix -ska to srb-, the root of the noun Srbin, meaning Serb. The -ps- sequence rather than -bs- is a result of voicing assimilation. Although the name Republika Srpska is sometimes glossed as Serb Republic or Bosnian Serb Republic, and the government of Republika Srpska uses the semi-Anglicized term Republic of Srpska in English translations of official documents, the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina originally written in English as well as western news sources such as the BBC,The New York Times, and The Guardian generally refer to the entity as the Republika Srpska.