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Do Serbs and Croats have the same DNA?
A study of the DNA profiles of Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks have shown that these three groups are genetically the closest in the region. A six-year long DNA study of Balkan peoples conducted by the Skopje Forensics Medicine Institute has showed a remarkable resemblance among the three groups.
Is Croatia Middle Eastern?
Croatia is in Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast and Slovenia to the northwest.
Are Croats from Croatia?
Croats (/ˈkroʊæts/; Croatian: Hrvati [xr̩ʋǎːti]), also known as Croatians, are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croats are mostly Roman Catholics. Croatian is official in Croatia, the European Union, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
How many Croats are there in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Comprising 15.43\% of the country’s population, Croats have been unequally spread across the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This has further been reflected and reinforced by the post-1995 political division of the country.
What is the ethnic composition of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
The 2013 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded 544,780 residents registering as of Croatian ethnicity. Croats settled the areas of modern Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 7th century.
Where in the world is Croatia?
You may have seen it a hundred times already, but here it is anyway: As you can see from the map, Croatia is located mostly north of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but a long stretch of the former borders the Adriatic Sea blocking nearly all of the other country’s access to the water.
What was the second major event in Croatian history?
The second major event was the coronation of Tomislav, the first King of Croatia, in ca. 925, in the fields of Županjac. By this act, Pannonian Croatia and Dalmatian Croatia formed a united Croatian kingdom, which included Dalmatia, Bosnia and Pannonia (eastern Slavonia and eastern Bosnia), and Savia (western Slavonia).