Novo Sarajevo (Ново Сарајево, ; lit. 'New Sarajevo') is a municipality of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Neighborhoods
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Grbavica I
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Grbavica II
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Pofalići I
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Pofalići II
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Velešići
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Gornji Velešići
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Željeznička
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Dolac Malta
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Čengić Vila I
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Kvadrant
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Hrasno
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Hrasno Brdo
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Trg Heroja
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Kovačići
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Gornji Kovačići
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Vraca
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 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.
Economy
Novo Sarajevo is known as something of the
commerce and
business center of Sarajevo, housing many of the city's major
Company and
such as Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine, the University of Sarajevo,
United Nations and also the
Headquarters of Sparkasse Bank and the Raiffeisen Bank in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Novo Sarajevo is considered to be the second most developed municipality in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, boasting a per capita GDP of some US$11,000 (275.2% of FBiH average GDP), just behind the municipality of Centar, Sarajevo.
Sites of interests
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Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Historijski Muzej Bosne i Hercegovine)
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Vilsonovo Šetalište – popular promenade and recreation area (Wilson's Promenade)
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Suada and Olga bridge – bridge is a monument to Suada Dilberović and Olga Sučić, the first victims shot at the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo.
[Schmidt, Bettina (2001) Anthropology of Violence and Conflict. Routledge, p. 221. ]
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Church of the Holy Transfiguration
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Hum Tower – park and recreational zone
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Stadion Grbavica – (Stadium of FK Željezničar)
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University of Sarajevo Campus
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ROBOT Shopping Centar Novo Sarajevo
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Konzum Sarajevo (ex. Mercator)
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Embassy of the United States, Sarajevo
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Old Jewish Cemetery, Sarajevo
Demographics
1971
111,811 total
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Serbs – 45,806 (40.96%)
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Bosniaks – 37,147 (33.22%)
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Croats – 17,491 (15.64%)
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Yugoslavs – 5,798 (5.18%)
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Others – 5,569 (5.00%)
1991
95,089 total
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Bosniaks – 33,902 (35.7%)
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Serbs – 32,899 (34.6%)
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Yugoslavs – 15,580 (16.4%)
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Croats – 8,798 (9.3%)
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Others – 4,391 (4.6%)
2013
64,814 total
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Bosniaks – 48,188 (74.34%)
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Croats – 4,639 (7.15%)
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Serbs – 3,402 (5.24%)
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Others – 8,585 (13.24%)
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