There are six pieces.
The Brcko District is not so much a condominium of the other two primary
divisions as it is a third separate entity, governed not so much by either, but
by the national government itself with various local ethnic representation,
etc., etc.
If you will look very carefully at the map in the link that I sent, you can see
that there is a hint of a dashed line along the southwest edge of the Brcko dot,
running between it and the Federation. Poor cartography resulted in the dot
covering most of the line. The Brcko district is bounded by the Federation to
the southwest, by the Serbian Republic to the northwest and southeast, and by
Croatia to the northeast.
When Jesper's sign welcomes one to "Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina," the latter
part refers to the nation, not to the federation. Notice that the coat of arms
is that of the nation. The Brcko District is prohibited by the Dayton Accords
from having any flag or coat of arms other than those of the nation itself. Its
seal may have only words, which must be written in both Latinic and Cyrillic
alphabets.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 2:07 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: ba2 bosnia & herzegovina punctology & clavology
> well thanxx to both of you i think we can at least conclude that the
> serb republic is indeed in 2 pieces rather than a single piece
> & can confirm that the bosnian federation is in 3 pieces
> & thus can count to at least 5
>
> but i think lowells map & jespers sign may be misleading if they
> are deliberately suggesting that the brcko district is part of the
> bosnian federation entity rather than the separate neutral &or
> condominial entity it is widely reported to be
>
> or dont you agree we have a 6th piece here
> & 2 condo tripoints
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen"
> <jesniel@i...> wrote:
> > Brcko/BA border sign
> >
> > http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase/country.php?country=17
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@m...>
> > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 8:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] ba2 bosnia & herzegovina
> punctology & clavology
> >
> >
> > > The Brcko District is shown on a map at
> > >
> > >
> http://www.dur.ac.uk/a.s.jeffrey/methodology_paper.html#_Toc12
> 87363
> > >
> > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "m donner" <maxivan82@h...>
> > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:19 AM
> > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] ba2 bosnia & herzegovina
> punctology & clavology
> > >
> > >
> > > > this odd country has only 3 primary political subdivisions
> > > > which however apparently comprise 6 distinct territorial
> areas & produce
> > 2
> > > > internal tripoints
> > > >
> > > > the 2 most major component entities
> > > > both of which can now at last be seen in clear outline at
> > > >
> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/bosnia_rel_2002.jpg
> > > > are
> > > > the federation of bosnia & herzegovina
> > > > of course not to be confused with this entire country of
> same name
> > > > &
> > > > the serb republic
> > > > of course not to be confused with the entirely different
> republic of
> > serbia
> > > > elsewhere in the balkans
> > > >
> > > > & the 3rd & comparatively tiny but coequal entity is
> > > > the neutral or shared district of brcko
> > > > which cant be seen in outline yet
> > > > unless one of our recent visitors could fill us in on this
> > > > but can at least be visualized in the above map
> surrounding the city of
> > > > brcko
> > > > at the narrowest neck of the serb republic
> > > >
> > > > indeed
> > > > since brcko is sometimes also called a corridor
> > > > it probably cuts the serb republic into 2 roughly equal
> pieces or
> > coclaves
> > > > of each other
> > > >
> > > > & thus it most likely produces thereabouts the only major
> domestic
> > tripoints
> > > > in this whole country
> > > > the technically condominial or multidominial ba2bdbhsre &
> ba2bdbhrew
> > twins
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > you can also see on the above map but without having to
> imagine them
> > > > the 2 also roughly equal exclaves of the bosnian federation
> > > >
> > > > these are likewise deserving of the name coclaves
> > > > albeit on the tertiary rather than the secondary level
> > > > since they comprise an entire canton of the bosnian
> federation
> > > > no less than the coclaves of the serb republic form one
> entire entity of
> > the
> > > > whole country
> > > >
> > > > so basically we have coclaves hugging coclaves about a
> pair of condo
> > > > tripoints
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > & if you think this is bizarre
> > > > just imagine if we had to address the multipoints of the 10
> cantons of
> > the
> > > > federation & the 63 municipalities of the republic
> > > > not to mention the unknown subdivisions of the district
> > > > however inapplicable or incomparable
> > > >
> > > > but fortunately these are all tertiary entities & thus easily
> > postponable to
> > > > a rainier day
> > > >
> > > >
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