Herzegovina

Herzegovina is the southern and smaller of two main geographical regions of , the other being Bosnia. It does not have strictly defined administrative borders today; however, in the past it was organized as the Sanjak of Herzegovina and Herzegovina Eyalet.
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is a city in . Much of the city has been rebuilt and visitors might be surprised to see that this formerly war-torn city is a lively and beautiful destination once again, particularly the area within and around the old town.

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is a city and municipality in , . It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of the river in the region of East Herzegovina.

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is a resort town on the 9 km strip of Adriatic coast that belongs to Bosnia and Herzegovina. In other contexts this country is often loosely referred to as "Bosnia", but is specifically part of Herzegovina.

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is a village in . Following claims of visions of the Virgin Mary, became a place of worldwide pilgrimage, and one of the biggest Christian prayer centres in the world, comparable to and .

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is a town between and on the Neretva river in the Herzegovina region of .

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, sometimes known as Široki Brig or by the local inhabitants simply as Široki, is a town on the river Lištica in northern Herzegovina, in .

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is a town of 18,000 people in the region of Herzegovina in western .

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is a town in Herzegovina on the lake which bears its name, and along the Neretva River. It is known for the railway bridge over the Neretva that was destroyed by partisans during the Second World War, and for its necropolises in the Risovac settlement which are one of the three recognized UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the country.

Herzegovina

Latitude of center
43° north
Longitude of center
17.8333° or 17° 50′ east
Elevation
410 metres (1,345 feet)
Geo­Names ID
3199389
Wiki­data ID
Q189863
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Herzegovina” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Hercegovina”
  • Arabic: “الهرسك”
  • Aragonese: “Herzegovina”
  • Armenian: “Հերցեգովինա (շրջան)”
  • Armenian: “Հերցեգովինա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Herseqovina”
  • Bashkir: “Герцеговина”
  • Basque: “Herzegovina”
  • Belarusian: “Герцагавіна”
  • Bosnian: “Hercegovina”
  • Breton: “Herzegovina”
  • Bulgarian: “Херцеговина”
  • Catalan: “Hercegovina”
  • Catalan: “Hersek”
  • Catalan: “Herzegovina”
  • Chinese: “赫塞哥維納”
  • Chinese: “黑塞哥维那”
  • Chinese: “黑塞格维纳”
  • Croatian: “Hercegovina”
  • Czech: “Hercegovina”
  • Danish: “Hercegovina”
  • Danish: “Herzegovina”
  • Dutch: “Hercegovina”
  • Dutch: “Herzegovina”
  • Esperanto: “Hercegovino”
  • Estonian: “Hertsegoviina”
  • Finnish: “Hertsegovina”
  • Finnish: “Herzegovina”
  • Finnish: “Herzegowina”
  • French: “Herzegovine”
  • French: “Herzégovine”
  • Galician: “Hercegovina”
  • Galician: “Herzegovina”
  • German: “Hercegovina”
  • German: “Herzegovina”
  • German: “Herzegowina”
  • Greek: “Ερζεγοβίνη”
  • Hausa: “Bosnia-Herzegovina”
  • Hausa: “Herzegovina”
  • Hebrew: “הרצגובינה”
  • Hungarian: “Hercegovina”
  • Icelandic: “Hersegóvína”
  • Indonesian: “Herzegovina”
  • Italian: “Erzegovina”
  • Italian: “Herzegovina”
  • Japanese: “ヘルツェゴヴィナ”
  • Japanese: “ヘルツェゴビナ”
  • Korean: “헤르쩨고비나”
  • Korean: “헤르체고비나”
  • Latin: “Herzegovina”
  • Latvian: “Hercegovina”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Hersegovina”
  • Lithuanian: “Hercegovina”
  • Lithuanian: “Hercogovina”
  • Macedonian: “Херцеговина”
  • Malay: “Herzegovina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hercegovina”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hercegovina”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herzegovina”
  • Norwegian: “Hercegovina”
  • Persian: “هرز گوین”
  • Persian: “هرزگوین”
  • Persian: “هرزه گوین”
  • Persian: “هرزه‌گوین”
  • Polish: “Hercegowina”
  • Portuguese: “Herzegovina”
  • Portuguese: “Herzegóvina”
  • Romanian: “Herțegovina”
  • Russian: “Герцеговина”
  • Serbian: “Hercegovina”
  • Serbian: “Херцеговина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hercegovina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Херцеговина”
  • Slovak: “Hercegovina”
  • Slovenian: “Hercegovina”
  • Spanish: “Hercegovina”
  • Spanish: “Herzegovina”
  • Swedish: “Hercegovina”
  • Swedish: “Hersegovina”
  • Swedish: “Herzegovina”
  • Swedish: “Herzegowina”
  • Turkish: “Hersek”
  • Turkish: “Herzegovina”
  • Ukrainian: “Герцеговина”
  • Ukrainian: “Герцеґовина”
  • Urdu: “ہرزیگووینا”
  • Venetian: “Erzegòvena”
  • Vietnamese: “Hercegovina”
  • Vietnamese: “Herzegovina”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہرزیگووینا”

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