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by Zeljko Heimer, 14 May 2000
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It is of important that the Herzeg-Bosnia canton is not
confused with the Croatian Republic of
Herzeg-Bosnia 1993-1995, even if they both use the same
symbols and similar names.
The Herzeg-Bosnia Canton, in Croatian 'Hercegbosanska
z<upanija', being the Canton 10 of the Dayton Agreement, was
formed in the mentioned agreement in 1995 as one of the ten
cantons of the Federaion of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. The Canton is situated in along wstern borders
of B&H, including the cities of Kupres, Livno and Tomislavgrad
(the latter also formerly known as Duvno). The three also
function as the seats of administration and cantonal capital
(Kupres), seat of the governmment (Livno )
and seat of the parliament (Tomislavgrad).
As it is easy to conclude, the canton is predominantly settled by
Croats.
Zeljko Heimer, 14 May 2000
According to governmental web pages of the Federation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, the present canton name is: 10. West
Bosnia (former Herzeg-Bosnia).
Jan Zrzavy, 17 July 2001
The flag and the coat of arms has been adopted by articles 8
and 9 of the Constitution of the Canton, adopted on 26-MAR-1996:
Ustav Hercegbosanske Zupanije, 26. ozujka 1996, Narodne novine
Hercegbosanske zupanije nr. 3/96 [nr. 1/96, 10. travnja 1996, p.
6] (my source is not quite clear and must contain a typo
somewhere, as the headerof the constitution have nr.1/96, while
the next document I'll mention clearly states it is in nr. 3/96.
Hopefull, we'll manage to settle that some time latter on)
The coat of arms and the flag adopted there are virtually the
same as the CoA and the flag of the Croatian Republic of
Herzeg-Bosnia used since around 1993 until her disbanding,
officiall in 1995, but in practice much latter in 1990's.
The CoA is Croatian chequy shield of red and white, set in a
german shaped shield bordered golden and with a golden outlined
white pannel above containing the "tripple-wattle". The
art