| East New Sarajevo Istočno Novo Sarajevo Источно Ново Сарајево |
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| Location of East New Sarajevo within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Area | |
| • Total | 45 km2 (17.4 sq mi) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | ? |
| • Municipality | 9,129 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | 57 |
East New Sarajevo (Istočno Novo Sarajevo, Источно Ново Сарајево), formerly known as Srpsko Novo Sarajevo (Cyrillic: Српско Ново Сарајево) and Lukavica (Cyrillic: Лукавица), is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was created from part of the pre-war municipality of Novo Sarajevo (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
East New Sarajevo is a one of the six municipalities of the City of East Sarajevo (Serbian cyrillic:Град Источно Сарајево).[1] There have been some proposals for the municipality to be merged with that of Istočna Ilidža.[2]
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Due to the changes in the municipal borders due to the recent war, it is only possible to estimate the area population at 20.000.(estimated 2004.)[3]
In East New Sarajevo there is one elementary school "Sveti Sava" (Grades 1–9) and one high school "Srednja stručna škola 28. Juni". Four of faculties that are members of The University of East Sarajevo has their seats in Istočno Novo Sarajevo. Those are Faculty of electrical engineering, Faculty of mechanical engineering, Music academy and Faculty of agriculture.[4]
The local football club is Slavija Istočno Sarajevo that plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Basketball Club Slavija is a basketball club from the City of East Sarajevo (East New Sarajevo municipality) that competes in the National Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5]