Novo Sarajevo

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

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
City	Sarajevo
Status	Urban
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

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%)