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Canton in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Canton 10 Županija 10 Kanton 10Hercegbosanska županija
Canton
Location of the County 10
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Main city	Livno
Municipalities	Livno, Tomislavgrad, Kupres, Glamoč, Bosansko Grahovo, Drvar
Government
• Head of County	Nediljko Rimac
Area
• Total	4,934.1 km (1,905.1 sq mi)
Population
• Total	90,000
• Density	18.24/km (47.2/sq mi)

Canton 10 or County 10 is the tenth canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The capital of County and its president is in Kupres.The local government seed is in Livno.The assembly of the County is placed in Tomislavgrad.

Names, symbols and controversy

The canton is officially referred by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as Canton 10/County 10 (Kanton 10 or Županija 10). The local government however refers to it as the Herzeg-Bosnian County (Hercegbosanska županija), referencing Herzeg-Bosnia.This name has been deemed unconstitutional by the Federation Constitutional Court partly because it "does not cover any part of the traditional region of Herzegovina". In Bosnian and Serbian, the term kanton is used while in Croatian, the term is županija. Other names used for the County at the national level include West Bosnia County/Canton (Zapadnobosanski kanton, Zapadnobosanska županija) and Livno Canton (Livanjski kanton) after the capital.

File:Flag of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg

The flag of the self-proclaimed Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia was the flag of the county.

The flag and coat of arms of the canton are the same as the flag and coat of arms of the former Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. West Herzegovina canton, another canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also used this flag and coat of arms. These symbols were deemed unconstitutional by the Federation Constitutional Court, because "it only represented one group". The local government, however, continues using them. The coat of arms is used at plates at the official instituitions. Due the name and symbols dispute the local police still in 2009 has no official badges.

Geography and population

The area of the County is 5,020 km², a tenth of the surface of Bosnia-Herzegovina and cca 19% of the federation. At the 1991 census, 115,726 people inhabited the County; at present, there are about 90,000. Rugged and wide karst fields characterize the County geographically. The density population is just 23 people /km².

Administration

It includes 6 municipalities: Drvar, Bosansko Grahovo, Glamoč, Kupres, Livno, Tomislavgrad.

A tourist map of the county in Tomislavgrad

Local government has 8 ministries and all of them are placed in Livno.

Ethnic groups

The largest ethnic group in the County are Croats, and the second largest are Serbs. Three municipalities have an ethnic Croat majority (Kupres, Livno, Tomislavgrad), and three have an ethnic Serb majority (Drvar, Bosansko Grahovo, Glamoč).

In 2003, population of County 10 numbered 83,701 people, including:

66,138 Croats (79.0%)
10,377 Serbs (12.4%)
6,860 Bosniaks (8.2%)

Features

The County is situated near the border with Croatia and near following counties: West Hercegovina County, Una-Sana County, Central Bosnia County and Herzegovina-Neretva County. It is situated in the western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is also situated near the Serb entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The main center of the county is in the city of Livno which is the biggest city in the county. In the County there are big fields like the Livno fields, there are big lakes like the Busko lake and the Kupres lake. There are green forests and high mountains like near Kupres, a city where many tourists (mostly from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) go to ski in the winter.

There are high mountains in this County and the mountains makes a natural border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. There are also mountains near Kupres and in other central parts of the County.