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The Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina are the ten cantons or counties that serve as the second-level units of local autonomy of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the two political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are called kantoni in Bosnian (singular kanton), counties or županije in Croatian (sing. županija), and кантони in Serbian (sing. кантон). The other political entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska, has a centralized government and is divided directly into 63 municipalities. Finally, the ethnically diverse Brčko District is a division of its own under the direct jurisdiction of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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The cantons or counties of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina were created by the Bosniak-Croat Washington Agreement of 1994. Their present boundaries were defined by the Dayton Agreement in 1995. The cantons or counties consist of municipalities (singular: općina, општина; plural: općine, општине). A canton or a county has its own government headed by the Premier. The Premier has his own cabinet, and is assisted in his duties by various cantonal ministries, agencies, and cantonal or county services. Five of the cantons or counties (Una-Sana, Tuzla, Zenica-Doboj, Bosnian Podrinje, and Sarajevo) have a Bosniak majority, three (Posavina, West Herzegovina, and West Bosnia) have Bosnian Croat majority, and two (Central Bosnia and Herzegovina-Neretva) are 'ethnically mixed', meaning there are special legislative procedures for protection of the constituent ethnic groups.

Cantons or counties of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina^[1]
No.	English name	Bosnian name	Croatian name	Main city	Area (km²)
I.	Una-Sana Canton or county	Unsko-sanski kanton	Unsko-sanska županija	Bihać	4,125.0
II.	Posavina Canton or county	Posavski kanton	Posavska županija	Orašje	325.0
III.	Tuzla Canton or county	Tuzlanski kanton	Tuzlanska županija	Tuzla	2,649.0
IV.	Zenica-Doboj Canton or county	Zeničko-dobojski kanton	Zeničko-dobojska županija	Zenica	3,343.0
V.	Bosnian Podrinje Canton or county	Bosansko-podrinjski kanton	Bosansko-podrinjska županija	Goražde	504.6
VI.	Central Bosnia Canton or county	Srednjobosanski kanton	Županija Središnja Bosna	Travnik	3,189.0
VII.	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton or county	Hercegovačko-neretvanski kanton	Hercegovačko-neretvanska županija	Mostar	4,401.0
VIII.	West Herzegovina Canton or county	Zapadnohercegovački kanton	Zapadnohercegovačka županija	Široki Brijeg	1,362.0
IX.	Sarajevo Canton or county	Kanton Sarajevo	Vrhbosanska županija or Sarajevska županija	Sarajevo	1,276.9
X.	Canton 10 or County 10 or West Bosnia Canton or Herzeg-Bosnian County^[2]	Kanton br. 10 or Zapadnobosanski kanton, Herceg-bosanski kanton	Županija br. 10 or Herceg-bosanska županija	Livno	4,934.1

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ISO 3166-2:BA

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^ Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian are constitutional languages in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Bosnian and Serbian cantonal names are the same, with Serbian being in Cyrillic. In Croatian, there are some differences, chiefly in the use of the term županija for "county"
^ The previous name of Canton 10, Herzeg-Bosnian Canton (in Croatian: Županija Hercegbosanska), has been deemed unconstitutional, and Kanton 10 is the generally used name, despite of that ruling, the local authorities use the name which the local legislature passed.

[0] Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian are constitutional languages in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Bosnian and Serbian cantonal names are the same, with Serbian being in Cyrillic. In Croatian, there are some differences, chiefly in the use of the term županija for "county"

[1] The previous name of Canton 10, Herzeg-Bosnian Canton (in Croatian: Županija Hercegbosanska), has been deemed unconstitutional, and Kanton 10 is the generally used name, despite of that ruling, the local authorities use the name which the local legislature passed.

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