The West Herzegovina Canton is one of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The West Herzegovina Canton is in the Herzegovina region in the southwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its seat of government is in Široki Brijeg, while other municipalities within the Canton are Grude, Ljubuški and Posušje. It has 94,898 inhabitants, of whom more than 98% are ethnic Croats. Economically, it is the most developed part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ruins of an ancient fort dating back to the Roman Period, in Humac
Kravica waterfalls
Government seat in Široki Brijeg
Herzeg-Bosnia flag flying in Široki Brijeg
Herzegovina is the southern and smaller of two main geographical regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Bosnia. It has never had strictly defined geographical, cultural or historical borders, nor has it ever been defined as an administrative whole in the geopolitical and economic subdivision of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Town of Novi, founded by the King Tvrtko I, today Herceg Novi, was winter residence of Kosača
Refugees from the Herzegovina Uprising by Uroš Predić
Herzegovina in spring at Ivan Sedlo, mountain pass between Ivan and Bjelašnica mountains.
Western slopes of Čvrsnica, as seen from the Blidinje Plateau.
