Novi Grad, Sarajevo

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Novi Grad is marked with number 5 on this map of the Sarajevo Canton.
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Novi Grad is marked with number 5 on this map of the Sarajevo Canton.
Novi Grad, Sarajevo
Нови Град, Сарајево
Coat of arms
Municipality coat of arms
Municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina highlighting the town or municipality location
General Information
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Land area
Population (2002 census) 116,588
Population density
Area code +387 33
Mayor Damir Hadžić (SDP)
Website http://www.novigradsarajevo.ba

Novi Grad (translated New Town) is the westernmost of the four municipalities that make up the city of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

During the 1970s, Sarajevo was undergoing a rapid economic and cultural development, with great expansion focused on population and industry. Novi Grad was a direct result of this period of heavy growth, in which many acres of previously unused land were transformed into Communist urban centres filled with apartment buildings. By the time the Novi Grad municipality was formally recognized, it had some 60,000 citizens, in 18 neighbourhoods.

According to the 1991 census, the municipality of Novi Grad had 136,746 citizens. Four years of warfare brought that number down tremendously. Some sections of Novi Grad were among the first to be occupied by the aggressors, while the city was repeatedly showered by mortar shells. Of the municipality's 33,517 residential buildings, 92% were damaged during the fighting.

Novi Grad has since made a fantastic recovery. Although many bullet holes and mortar shell impacts are visible throughout the municipality, it is overall healthy and functioning. As the most modern part of Sarajevo, Novi Grad is also ground to many new developments, such as the Bosmal City Center.

According to the 2002 census, today the municipality of Novi Grad has 116,588 citizens, of which 93,551 are Bosniaks (80.2%), 13,134 are Serbs (11.3%), 7,311 are Croats (6.3%), and 2,592 are classified as others (2.2%).


[edit] Communities and neighborhoods in Novi Grad

  • Staro Hrasno
  • Čengić Vila
  • Otoka
  • Švrakino selo I
  • Švrakino selo II
  • Švrakino selo III
  • Aneks
  • Alipašino polje A
  • Alipašino polje B
  • Alipašino polje C
  • Saraj Polje (Vojnicko Polje)
  • Olimpijsko selo Mojmilo
  • Dobrinja A
  • Dobrinja B
  • Dobrinja C
  • Dobrinja D
  • Buća potok
  • Dolac
  • Alipašin Most II
  • Alipašin Most I
  • Briješće
  • Naselje heroja Sokolje
  • Dobroševići

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Municipalities of the Sarajevo Canton Image:Sarajevocantongrb.gif
Centar | Hadžići | Ilidža | Ilijaš | Novi Grad | Novo Sarajevo | Stari Grad | Trnovo | Vogošća |
 
Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zastava Bosne i Hercegovine