Novo Sarajevo is a municipality

Municipality

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 in Sarajevo

Sarajevo

Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

, and Sarajevo Canton

Sarajevo Canton

The Sarajevo Canton is a canton of the Federation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The capital is Sarajevo.The Canton is basically the metro area of the city it is named after that is inside the Federation...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

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1971

111,811 total

• Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
   - 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

Bosniaks

The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

 (35.7%), 32,899 were Serbs

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 (34.6%), 8,798 were Croats

Croats

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 (9.3%), 15,580 were Yugoslavs

Yugoslavs

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 (16.4%), and 4,391 were classified as others (4.6%).

2002

According to the 2002 government estimation

Estimation

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, today Novo Sarajevo municipality has 74,493 residents, of which 88% are Bosniaks, around 6% are Serbs and 6% Croats.

History

Like Novi Grad

Novi Grad, Sarajevo

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, 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

Miljacka

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, between Novi Grad and Centar

Centar, Sarajevo

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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

Siege of Sarajevo

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, 75% of the mostly not populated, urban area was transferred to the Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska

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, 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

Commerce

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 and business

Business

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 center of Sarajevo, housing many of the city's major companies and corporation

Corporation

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Sites of interests in Novo Sarajevo municipality

• National Museum of History (Sarajevo)
• Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bosmal City Center
• Church of Sveto Preobraženje
  Church of Sveto Preobraženje
  The Temple or Church of the Holy Transfiguration is a Serbian Orthodox church in Novo Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.It is the only Orthodox church in Novo Sarajevo, and was built in 1940 by Aleksandar Deroko, the project was initially made for Split in Croatia, but ended up here. It...
  
  
• Grbavica Stadium
  Grbavica Stadium
  Grbavica Stadium is located in Grbavica, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The football stadium has terraces close to the pitch and it is the home of FK Željezničar. The stadium has a capacity to hold 12,000 spectators, with 9,000 places that are seated...
  
  

Communities neighborhoods in Novo Sarajevo

• Grbavica I
  Grbavica (Sarajevo)
  Grbavica is a quarter of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was the scene of intensive street fights during the war in Sarajevo.The Bosnian film “Grbavica” was based on events that happened in the city during the Bosnian War....
  
  
• Grbavica II
  Grbavica (Sarajevo)
  Grbavica is a quarter of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was the scene of intensive street fights during the war in Sarajevo.The Bosnian film “Grbavica” was based on events that happened in the city during the Bosnian War....
  
  
• 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

External links

• The official web site of Novo Sarajevo municipality