Novo Sarajevo

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Novo Sarajevo is marked with number 6 on this map of the Sarajevo Canton.
Novo Sarajevo is marked with number 6 on this map of the Sarajevo Canton.
Novo Sarajevo
Ново Сарајево
Image:Novosarajevo.gif
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) 74,493
Population density
Area code +387 33
Mayor Željko Komšić (SDP)
Website http://www.novosarajevo.ba

Novo Sarajevo (Cyrillic: Ново Сарајево; English translation New Sarajevo) is a municipality of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to the 2002 government census, today Novo Sarajevo municipality has 74,493 residents, of which around 86 % is bosniaks, 7 % croats and 7 % serbs.

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, 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%). Prior to the siege Novo Sarajevo had some 47.6km² (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 mostly not populated, urban area was transferred to the Republika Srpska, leaving Novo Sarajevo municipality with 11.43km². 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. The famous Sarajevo Holiday Inn hotel is to be found in the Novo Sarajevo as well, along with the National Museum of History.


[edit] Communities neighborhoods in Novo Sarajevo

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

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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