THE FLAG OF BOSNIA

Bosnia is an ancient nation, so the modern Bosnia flag is

simply the latest in a line that stretches back to the
medieval period. It has one of the most unique designs in
the modern world, a yellow right triangle and a line of
white stars on a blue field.
The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina contains a wide
medium blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow
isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top of the flag.
The remainder of the flag is medium blue with seven full
five-pointed white stars and two half stars top and bottom
along the hypotenuse of the triangle.
The three points of the triangle are understood to stand for
the three constituent peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs. It is also seen to represent
the map of Bosnia and Herzegovina which looks like a
triangle or a heart as some people call it the 'heart-shaped
nation'. The stars, representing Europe, are meant to be
infinite in number and thus they continue from top to
bottom. The flag features colors often associated with
neutrality and peace - white, blue, and yellow. The colors
yellow and blue are also seen to be taken from the flag of
Europe, the color blue was originally based on the UN.
The present scheme is being used by both the Council of
Europe which owns the flag and the European Union
which adopted the Council of Europe's flag in 1985. They
are also colors traditionally associated with Bosnia.
 Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo
 Area of Bosnia and Herzegovina: 51,129 sq. km
 Languages used in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnian,
Croation, Servian
 Religions in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Muslim, Orthodox,
Roman Catholic
COLOR AND SYMBOLISM OF THE BOSNIA
FLAG
The triangle on the flag of Bosnia represents the three
ethnic groups that make up country. It also serves to
represent the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which
is triangular. The stars on the flag represent Europe, and
their arrangement was carefully chosen to suggest that the
line would continue forever if the flag was larger. The
flag's colors were chosen to represent its connection to the
rest of Europe and the nation's desire for peace.
HISTORY OF THE BOSNIA FLAG
The modern flag of Bosnia bears very little resemblance
to most of the nation's historical flags. The ancient kings
of Bosnia represented themselves and their country with a
coat of arms consisting of six gold fleur de lys on a blue
shield. That coat of arms fell out of use when the Ottoman
Empire conquered Bosnia and replaced the flag with a
green flag with a white crescent and star, which was used
by the Empire's governors in Bosnia. A major Bosnian
revolt against the Ottoman Empire represented itself with
a similar flag. The rebel flag was a lighter shade of green
and it both reversed the emblem and depicted it in gold. A
variant on the rebel Bosnia flag was used during a brief
period of independence that followed the end of Ottoman
rule.
Bosnia soon became part of the Austrian Empire, which
represented it with a bicolor flag of red and gold with a
coat of arms in the center. That flag was followed by a
solid red flag with the Yugoslav flag in canton when
Bosnia became part of communist Yugoslavia. A white
flag bearing the nation's ancient coat of arms followed the
communist flag when Bosnia regained its independence,
and that flag was in turn replaced with the modern flag in
1998 in order to better represent all of the different people
in Bosnia.