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{{Short description|Internet country-code top level domain for Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

{{Infobox Top level domain|name=.ba|image=Nicba.png|introduced={{Nowrap|14<sup>th</sup>}} august 1996. <small>(29 years ago)</small>|type=[[Country code top-level domain|CCTLD]]|status=active|registry=University Telinformatic Centre|sponsor=University Telinformatic Centre|registereddomains=26333|dateregistereddomains=2022-11-27|refregistereddomains=<ref name="Statistics">{{Cite web|date=2022-12-10|title=Nic .ba|url=https://nic.ba/Statistics/Statistics?culture=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210164643/https://nic.ba/Statistics/Statistics?culture=en|archive-date=2022-12-10|access-date=2022-12-10|website=Nic .ba}}</ref>|intendeduse=entities connected to state [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]|actualuse=fairly popular in the state|restrictions=locationing; ''representing''|structure=Registration (registrations) is (are) directly at a second level, sometimes at third level beneath some {{Nowrap|second-level}} labels|document=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120701203742/http://nic.ba/users_data/files/zahtjev_za_domenu_pravno_lice.doc ''Zahtjev za domen pravno lice'' (''A request for a domain law face<!--person-->'')]|disputepolicy=unknown|website={{URL|https://nic.ba}}}}
{{Nowrap|'''.ba'''/'''.bs'''}}&nbsp;/ '''.b&h''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. It is administered by the University Teleinformation Center.

==Registration==
The procedure for registering domains within .ba is slightly more complicated than in other ccTLDs; the process is defined by laws and regulations of BiH institutions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Regulations regarding the registration of the BA domain|url=http://nic.ba/lat/menu/view/18|website=NIC.BA|access-date=2020-11-28|archive-date=2020-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709004836/http://nic.ba/lat/menu/view/18|url-status=dead}}</ref>

While international domains can be bought by anyone without any additional requests and documents, domain for Bosnia can be registered by only entities that meet all requirements listed in the Regulations.

While domain registration is free, a local presence is needed. Any company that has a registered name or registered trademark in Bosnia can register an eponymous domain (provided that the domain is not already taken), though some additional caveats apply.

=={{Nowrap|Second-level}} domains==
Privately owned {{Nowrap|second-level}} domains are permitted, which {{Nowrap|for-profit}} companies use. There are also standardized {{Nowrap|second-level}} domains.

{|class="wikitable"
|+Standardized second-level domains
!Domain!!Intended users
|-
|''.edu''.ba||educational organisations
|-
|''.gov''.ba||governmental authorities
|-
|''.net''.ba||network operators
|-
|''.org''.ba||{{Nowrap|non-profit}} organisations
|-
|''.mil''.ba||military entities and affiliated organisations<ref name="Statistics"/>
|}

Rules for the standardizing {{Nowrap|second-level}} domains are fairly well enforced.{{CN|date=October 2025}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://nic.ba}}
*[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ba.html www.iana.org]

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