Novo Sarajevo (Ново Сарајево, ; 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 of Sarajevo, 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, 75% of the lesser populated urban area was transferred to 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 7,524.
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. 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.Schmidt, Bettina (2001) Anthropology of Violence and Conflict. Routledge, p. 221. 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
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 Bosniaks – 48,188 (74.34%) Croats – 4,639 (7.15%) Serbs – 3,402 (5.24%) Others – 8,585 (13.24%)
References
External links
The official web site of Novo Sarajevo municipality