Novo Sarajevo

Novo Sarajevo
Municipality
Skyline of Novo Sarajevo
Coat of arms
Sarajevo City Location.png
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Communities	18
Government
• Municipality president	Nedžad Koldžo (SDA)
Area
• Total	9,9 km2 (38 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Total	68,802
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	http://www.novosarajevo.ba

Novo Sarajevo is marked with number 6 on this map of the Sarajevo Canton.

Novo Sarajevo (Cyrillic: Ново Сарајево, pronounced [nôʋoː sǎrajeʋo]; English translation New Sarajevo) is a municipality in Sarajevo, and Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics

1971

111,811 total

• Serbs - 45,806 (40.96%)
• Bosniaks - 37,147 (33.22%)
• Croats - 17,491 (15.64%)
• Yugoslavs - 5,798 (5.18%)
• Others - 5,569 (5.00%)

1991

Prior to the siege, in 1991 Novo Sarajevo had some 95,089 residents, of which 33,902 were Bosniaks (35.7%), 32,899 were Serbs (34.6%), 8,798 were Croats (9.3%), 15,580 were Yugoslavs (16.4%), and 4,391 were classified as others (4.6%).

History

Like Novi Grad, Novo Sarajevo is a product of the city's massive growth and development in the 1960s and 1970s. It is located in the middle of the Sarajevo field, predominantly on the northern bank of the Miljacka, between Novi Grad and Centar.

Prior to the siege, Novo Sarajevo had some 47.6 km² (41.6% Forest, 17.5% Meadows, 13.5% Commercial/Building Land, 10.4% Grass-land, 8.4% Ploghland, 13.5% Gardens). Following the Siege of Sarajevo, 75% of the lesser populated urban area was transferred to the Republika Srpska (established as Istočno Novo Sarajevo), leaving Novo Sarajevo municipality with 11.43 km². As a result, Novo Sarajevo has the highest number of people per km², some 7524.

Novo Sarajevo is known as something of the commercial and business center of Sarajevo, housing many of the city's major companies and corporations.

Neighborhoods

• Grbavica I
• Grbavica II
• Pofalići I
• Pofalići II
• Velešići
• Gornji Velešići
• Željeznička
• Dolac Malta
• Čengić Vila I
• Kvadrant
• Čengić Vila II
• Hrasno
• Hrasno Brdo
• Trg Heroja
• Kovačići
• Gornji Kovačići
• Vraca

Sites of interests

• National Museum of History (Sarajevo)
• Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bosmal City Center
• Church of Sveto Preobraženje
• Grbavica Stadium

External links

• The official web site of Novo Sarajevo municipality