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The status of Republica Srpska is like this - it is one of the
two entities formating the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. RS is
unitary state (subdivided in municipalities - obstine),
presidential parlamentary democracy.
Municipalities have (right to) flags, of which I believe we have
see only the flag of Srpsko Sarajevo and Bileca, and which follow
the Serbian vexillologic practice (square banners of arms).
The other enitity of B&H is the Federaion of Bosnia and
Herzegovina (note the possible confuzion of the two!), being what
was formerly often called Croatian-Muslim(Bosniak) federation. It
consists of 10 cantons (kanton/zupanija), further subdivided into
municipalities.
Željko Heimer
I found the a book with all the cantonal constitution of the
Federation of BIH. All the constitutions mention that the canton
(kanton for the Bosniacs - zupanija for the Bosnian Croats) can
have its own coat of arms, flag, seal and hymn. Only two
constitutions were describing the coa and the flag: I didn't
understand, but: - these two canton were cantons with a croat
majority as there was written "zupanija" and as the
coat of arms (as far as I understood) was based on the coat of
arms of Croatia and the flag being red-white-blue
Pascal Vagnat 17 October 1999
A few days ago, the city of Brcko in Bosnia & Herzegovin