Istočno Novo Sarajevo
Municipality From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Istočno Novo Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Источно Ново Сарајево, lit. "East New Sarajevo") is a municipality of the city of Istočno Sarajevo located in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 10,642 inhabitants.
Istočno Novo Sarajevo
Источно Ново Сарајево East New Sarajevo | |
|---|---|
 Spasovdanska street | |
.svg) Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of East New Sarajevo within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
 | |
| Coordinates: 43°49′12″N 18°21′33″E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity |  Republika Srpska |
| City |  Istočno Sarajevo |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Jovan Katić (SNSD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,469 km2 (1,339 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Total | 10,642 |
| • Density | 3,308/km2 (8,570/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 57 |
| Website | www |
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 City of Sarajevo in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina). The municipality was formerly known as Srpsko Novo Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Српско Ново Сарајево, "Serb New Sarajevo") and is still informally known as Lukavica (Serbian Cyrillic: Лукавица). From 2012 till 2020, the mayor was Ljubiša Ćosić (SNSD). On 27 June 2014, a statue to Gavrilo Princip was inaugurated in Lukavica.[1] The city park (gradski park) was also named after Princip.
In East New Sarajevo there is one elementary school "Sveti Sava" (Grades 1–9) and one high school "Srednja stručna škola 28. Juni". Four faculties of the University of East Sarajevo are situated in the municipality: the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Music Academy and Faculty of Agriculture.[2]
The municipality also hosts the headquarters of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) and of the Institute for Textbooks and Teaching Aids (Zavod za udžbenike, INS).
The local football club is Slavija Istočno Sarajevo that plays in the second 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.[3]
Population
| Population of settlements – Istočno Novo Sarajevo municipality | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 9,129 | 10,642 | |
| 1 | Kozarevići | 328 | 413 |
| 2 | Lukavica | 1,848 | 7,597 |
| 3 | Miljevići | 1,265 | |
| 4 | Petrovići | 240 | 262 |
| 5 | Toplik | 511 | 626 |
Ethnic composition
Trenches from the Bosnian war
City park
City gate
New buildings
Institute for Textbooks and Teaching Aids
Shopping centre
State Investigation and Protection Agency
New roads towards the municipality
City library
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
