Subject: ba2 bosnia & herzegovina punctology & clavology<br/>
Date: Sep 27, 2003 @ 16:19<br/>
Author: m donner (&quot;m donner&quot; &lt;maxivan82@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-354245860">this odd country has only 3 primary political subdivisions<br/>
which however apparently comprise 6 distinct territorial areas & produce 2 <br/>
internal tripoints<br/>
<br/>
the 2 most major component entities<br/>
both of which can now at last be seen in clear outline at<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/bosnia_rel_2002.jpg">http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/bosnia_rel_2002.jpg</a><br/>
are<br/>
the federation of bosnia & herzegovina<br/>
of course not to be confused with this entire country of same name<br/>
&<br/>
the serb republic<br/>
of course not to be confused with the entirely different republic of serbia <br/>
elsewhere in the balkans<br/>
<br/>
& the 3rd & comparatively tiny but coequal entity is<br/>
the neutral or shared district of brcko<br/>
which cant be seen in outline yet<br/>
unless one of our recent visitors could fill us in on this<br/>
but can at least be visualized in the above map surrounding the city of <br/>
brcko<br/>
at the narrowest neck of the serb republic<br/>
<br/>
indeed<br/>
since brcko is sometimes also called a corridor<br/>
it probably cuts the serb republic into 2 roughly equal pieces or coclaves <br/>
of each other<br/>
<br/>
& thus it most likely produces thereabouts the only major domestic tripoints <br/>
in this whole country<br/>
the technically condominial or multidominial ba2bdbhsre & ba2bdbhrew twins<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
you can also see on the above map but without having to imagine them<br/>
the 2 also roughly equal exclaves of the bosnian federation<br/>
<br/>
these are likewise deserving of the name coclaves<br/>
albeit on the tertiary rather than the secondary level<br/>
since they comprise an entire canton of the bosnian federation<br/>
no less than the coclaves of the serb republic form one entire entity of the <br/>
whole country<br/>
<br/>
so basically we have coclaves hugging coclaves about a pair of condo <br/>
tripoints<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
& if you think this is bizarre<br/>
just imagine if we had to address the multipoints of the 10 cantons of the <br/>
federation & the 63 municipalities of the republic<br/>
not to mention the unknown subdivisions of the district<br/>
however inapplicable or incomparable<br/>
<br/>
but fortunately these are all tertiary entities & thus easily postponable to <br/>
a rainier day<br/>
<br/>
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