Chapter Iv Bosnian Crisis: Post-Formation Problems and Issues Chapter Iv
CHAPTER IV BOSNIAN CRISIS: POST-FORMATION PROBLEMS AND ISSUES CHAPTER IV BOSNIAN CRISIS : POST-FORMATION, PROBLEMS AND ISSUES Bosnia and ~erzegovina' located in the Balkans is surrounded by Croatia in the north and west and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) in the east and south. A narrow strip of land gives Bosnia access to the Adriatic Sea. Ethnically, it is 40 per cent Muslims, 33 per cent Serbs and 18 per cent Croats and 9 per cent others. 2 [see map 11 The strength of Serb population in Bosnia and Herzegovina never reached majority since 1941, when there was a big massacre perpetrated by Croats. Since then, there has been an abrupt growth of muslim population and equally abrupt regression of the Serb and Croat population. In the 20 years period between 1961 ancl 1981 the number of Serbs in Bosnia was reduced by 05413. In I-oughly the same period the Muslim population got doubled so that for the first time since 1941 massacr'e they becamr t,he 1a1yt.st ethnic group in Bosnia and l3t~rrec~ovina. iZcrtr1~1iny to 1981 (-enslls thc Scr-LIS in Rosliia ill~tlHerz,t-1gC)virld dc~i.c~(lrlte~1 for 32.02 prr('.?nt, the' Yl~sliin~;I 3q5 I (,(.tit dr~d the, Cr (ILIIs for IR.4 v~r <.,.tit of t hr? pullI. Tn the ;t~tI t 11,. t trt~;jl nurnbc~~of Se1.11:; i r~r?.~iisetl11111 1 heir t~(?rC'crllr~(j~. Source: Keesing' s Rewrd of Mrld Events, 199 3. decreased so that according to 1991 census they accounted for only 31.33 percent of the total population.
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