headquarters_location elektroprivreda bosne i hercegovine
___MASK89___ ( or ; B & H ; Bosnian , Croatian , Serbian : " Bosna i Hercegovina " / a   ), sometimes called Bosnia - Herzegovina ( BiH ), and , in short , often known informally as Bosnia , is a country in Southeastern Europe located on the Balkan Peninsula . ___MASK18___ is the capital and largest city . Bordered by Croatia to the north , west , and south ; Serbia to the east ; Montenegro to the southeast ; and the Adriatic Sea to the south , with a coastline about long surrounding the city of Neum . In the central and eastern interior of the country the geography is mountainous , in the northwest it is moderately hilly , and the northeast is predominantly flatland . The inland is a geographically larger region and has a moderate continental climate , with hot summers and cold and snowy winters . The southern tip of the country has a Mediterranean climate and plain topography . A mediterranean climate or dry summer climate is the climate typical of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin . The lands around the Mediterranean Sea form the largest area where this climate type is found , but it also is found in most of coastal ___MASK19___ , in parts of Western and ___MASK47___ , in southwestern ___MASK83___ , sections of ___MASK77___ ___MASK90___ , and in central Chile . Herzegovina ( or ; Bosnian , Croatian and Serbian : " Hercegovina ",  ) is the southern region of ___MASK89___ . While there is no official border distinguishing it from the Bosnian region , it is generally accepted that the borders of the region are Croatia to the southwest , Montenegro to the east , Mount Magli to the northeast , and Mount Ivan to the north . Measurements of the area range from , or around 22 % of the total area of the present - day country , to , around 24 % of the country . ___MASK68___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK68___ , is a sovereign state between Central Europe , Southeast Europe , and the Mediterranean . Its capital city is Zagreb , which forms one of the country ' s primary subdivisions , along with its twenty counties . ___MASK68___ covers and has diverse , mostly continental and Mediterranean climates . ___MASK68___ ' s Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands . The country ' s population is 4 . 28 million , most of whom are Croats , with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism . Montenegro ( or or ; Montenegrin : " Crna ___MASK41___ " /   , meaning " Black Mountain ") is a sovereign state in Southeastern ___MASK100___ . It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south - west and is bordered by ___MASK68___ to the west , ___MASK89___ to the northwest , Serbia to the northeast , Kosovo to the east , and Albania to the south - east . Its capital and largest city is Podgorica , while Cetinje is designated as the Old Royal Capital (" prijestonica "). The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula and the Apennine Mountains from the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges . The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea , extending from the Strait of Otranto ( where it connects to the Ionian Sea ) to the northwest and the Po Valley . The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are ___MASK72___ , ___MASK89___ , Croatia , Greece , Italy , Montenegro and Slovenia . The Adriatic contains over 1 , 300 islands , mostly located along its eastern , Croatian , coast . It is divided into three basins , the northern being the shallowest and the southern being the deepest , with a maximum depth of . The Otranto Sill , an underwater ridge , is located at the border between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas . The prevailing currents flow counterclockwise from the Strait of Otranto , along the eastern coast and back to the strait along the western ( Italian ) coast . Tidal movements in the Adriatic are slight , although larger amplitudes are known to occur occasionally . The Adriatic ' s salinity is lower than the Mediterranean ' s because the Adriatic collects a third of the fresh water flowing into the Mediterranean , acting as a dilution basin . The surface water temperatures generally range from in summer to in winter , significantly moderating the Adriatic Basin ' s climate . Neum ( Cyrillic :  ) is the only town to be situated along ___MASK89___ ' s of coastline , making it the country ' s only access to the Adriatic Sea . In 2009 the municipal (" opina ") population was 4 , 605 and in 1991 the population of Neum town (" naselje ") was 4 , 268 . ___MASK18___ is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina , with a population of 275 , 524 in its current administrative limits . The ___MASK18___ metropolitan area , including ___MASK18___ Canton and East ___MASK18___ is home to 688 , 384 inhabitants . Nestled within the greater ___MASK18___ valley of Bosnia , it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans . Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine ( also known as Elektroprivreda BiH ) is the largest energy company in ___MASK89___ . The company has an installed capacity of 1 , 682 MW and generates 6 . 54 TWh of electricity in lignite - fired thermal power plants 1 , 165 MW , and hydro power plants 517 MW . It has a transmission and distribution network of 31 , 757 kilometres ( 19 , 733 mi ) . On 24 March 2009 , the company announced a plan to build two hydro - power plants worth € 750 million on the Drina river bordering Serbia . It invites the Serbian company Elektroprivreda Srbije to join this project . Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a sovereign state situated at the crossroads of ___MASK77___ and Southeast Europe , covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the ___MASK77___ Balkans . Relative to its small territory , it is a diverse country distinguished by a " transitional " character , situated along cultural , geographic , climatic and other boundaries . Serbia is landlocked and borders Hungary to the north ; Romania and Bulgaria to the east ; Macedonia to the south ; and ___MASK68___ , Bosnia - Herzegovina , and Montenegro to the southwest ; it also claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of ___MASK1___ . Serbia numbers around 7 million residents , and its capital , Belgrade , ranks among the largest cities in Southeast Europe .