Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia
Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (1993–1995)Serbo-Croatian: Autonomna Pokrajina Zapadna Bosna Republic of Western Bosnia (1995) Serbo-Croatian: Republika Zapadna Bosna | |||||||||
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| 1993–1995 | |||||||||
Map showing the location of Western Bosnia (cyan) between the Republic of Serbian Krajina and Republika Srpska. | |||||||||
| Capital | Velika Kladuša 45°11′N 15°48′E / 45.183°N 15.800°E | ||||||||
| Common languages | Serbo-Croatian | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Western Bosnian | ||||||||
| Government | Autonomous provincial provisional government | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1993–1995 | Fikret Abdić (Babo) | ||||||||
| Speaker of the Parliament | |||||||||
• 1993–1995 | Božidar Šicel | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1993–1995 | Zlatko Jušić | ||||||||
| Legislature | Constituent Parliament of APZB | ||||||||
| Historical era | Intra-Bosnian Muslim War | ||||||||
• Autonomy declared | 27 September 1993 | ||||||||
| 18 March 1994 | |||||||||
• Independence declared | 26 July 1995 | ||||||||
| 21 August 1995 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 420 km2 (160 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1993 estimate | 65,703 | ||||||||
• Density | 157/km2 (406.6/sq mi) | ||||||||
| Currency | Various: Deutsche Mark, U.S. dollar, French franc, pound sterling all used, possibly Yugoslav dinar as well. | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||
The Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (Serbo-Croatian: Autonomna Pokrajina Zapadna Bosna; APZB), was a small unrecognized proto-state that existed in the northwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1993 and 1995. It consisted mainly of the town of Velika Kladuša, its capital, and a few nearby villages and fields. It was proclaimed as a result of secessionist politics by Fikret Abdić against the central government of Alija Izetbegović during the Bosnian War, which led to the Intra-Bosnian Muslim War. For a short time in 1995, it was known as the Republic of Western Bosnia (Serbo-Croatian: Republika Zapadna Bosna).