
Bugarska ‘Bulgaria’, Danska ‘Denmark’, Finska ‘Finland’, Hrvatska ‘Croatia’, Irska ‘Ireland’, Turska ‘Turkey’).Īn analogous English formation would be Serbland (which has been used sporadically ). In Serbian, many names of countries are formed with the -sk- suffix (e.g. In the name Republika Srpska, Srpska is a noun derived from the ethnonym of the Serbs with a different suffix than Srbija ‘ Serbia’. Welcome sign on the administrative line with the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The legislature holds 83 seats, and the current session is the tenth since its founding. Republika Srpska is relatively centralised, although it is split into 64 municipalities called opštine. Republika Srpska is a parliamentary-style government, with the National Assembly holding legislative power within the entity. Today most of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Serb population lives in Republika Srpska. Following the Dayton Agreement of 1995, Republika Srpska achieved international recognition as an entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. The war saw the expulsion of the vast majority of Croats and Bosniaks from the territory claimed by Republika Srpska and an inflow of Serbs expelled from Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Republika Srpska was formed in 1992 at the outset of the Bosnian War with the stated intent to safeguard the interests of the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its largest city and administrative centre is Banja Luka, lying on the Vrbas river. It is located in the north and east of the country.

Republika Srpska ( Serbian Cyrillic: Република Српска, lit.'Serb Republic', also known as Republic of Srpska, pronounced ( listen)) is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ĭ Excluding Republika Srpska's 48% of the Brčko District

A Although the northeastern Brčko District is formally held in condominium by both entities, it is a de facto autonomous region, having the same powers as the other two entities and is under the direct sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina.ī The Constitution of Republika Srpska avoids naming "Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian", instead listing them as "the language of the Serb people, the language of the Bosniak people and the language of the Croat people" due to the ongoing debate over the separation of these languages.
