evidence: Neum itself has a tiny population of just under 5,000 people, 97.64% of whom are Croats. [...] - Yugoslav Federation and the Breakup: During Yugoslavia’s existence, the Neum Strip was administratively part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Bosnia and Herzegovina became an independent country and retained the Neum corridor as its only access to the sea. The Neum Strip gives Bosnia and Herzegovina its only coastline, although it is quite limited in terms of port access or economic use. The strip divides the Croatian coastline into two parts, complicating transportation between the northern and southern parts of Croatia, particularly to the popular tourist destination of Dubrovnik.