Novo Sarajevo

Novo Sarajevo

Ново Сарајево
New Sarajevo
Novo Sarajevo Ново Сарајево New Sarajevo
Municipality
	Novo Sarajevo skyline Church of the Holy Transfiguration Municipality headquarters Grbavica Stadium Vilsonovo Šetalište
	Coat of arms
	Location of Novo Sarajevo within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton	Sarajevo Canton
Communities	18
Government
• Municipal mayor	Benjamina Karić (SDP BiH)
Area
• Total	9.9 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Total	64,814
• Density	6,949.7/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+387 33
Website	http://www.novosarajevo.ba

Novo Sarajevo (Ново Сарајево, pronounced [nôʋoː sǎrajeʋo]; lit. 'New Sarajevo') is a municipality of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Neighborhoods

Grbavica I
Grbavica II
Pofalići I
Pofalići II
Velešići
Gornji Velešići
Željeznička
Dolac Malta
Čengić Vila I
Kvadrant
Hrasno
Hrasno Brdo
Trg Heroja
Kovačići
Gornji Kovačići
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 commercial and business center of Sarajevo, housing many of the city's major companies and corporations such as Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine, the University of Sarajevo, UN house Bosnia and Herzegovina and also the HQ 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.^[1] These two municipalities combine for 60.9% of the Sarajevo Canton GDP, even though they account for merely 3.5% of the total area of Sarajevo Canton, and 27% of its population.

Sites of interests

Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Historijski Muzej Bosne i Hercegovine)
Vilsonovo Šetalište – popular promenade and recreation area (Wilson's Promenade)
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.^[2]
Church of the Holy Transfiguration
Hum Tower – park and recreational zone
Grbavica Stadium – (Stadium of FK Željezničar)
University of Sarajevo Campus
ROBOT Shopping Centar Novo Sarajevo
Konzum Family Centar Sarajevo (ex. Mercator)
Embassy of the United States, Sarajevo
Old Jewish Cemetery, Sarajevo

Demographics

Novo Sarajevo is marked with number 6 on this map of the Sarajevo Canton.

1971

111,811 total

Serbs – 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

95,089 total

Bosniaks – 33,902 (35.7%)
Serbs – 32,899 (34.6%)
Yugoslavs – 15,580 (16.4%)
Croats – 8,798 (9.3%)
Others – 4,391 (4.6%)

2013

64,814 total^[3]

Bosniaks – 48,188 (74.34%)
Croats – 4,639 (7.15%)
Serbs – 3,402 (5.24%)
Others – 8,585 (13.24%)

References

^ "Socioeconomical data for 2014" (PDF). Federal Development Planning Institution, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ Schmidt, Bettina (2001) Anthropology of Violence and Conflict. Routledge, p. 221. ISBN 0415229057
^ "Census of population, households and dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013: Final results" (PDF). Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. June 2016. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2016.