Centar, Sarajevo Explained

Centar
Native Name:Центар
Other Name:Center
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Entity
Subdivision Name1:Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Seal Size:75px
Leader Name:Srđan Mandić (NS)
Leader Title:Municipal mayor
Area Total Km2:33
Population Total:55181
Population As Of:2013 census
Population Density Km2:1795
Coordinates:43.8689°N 18.4086°W
Area Code:+387 33

Centar (Cyrillic: Центар, lit. ”Center") is a municipality of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located between the older parts of the city under Stari Grad, and the newer more modern parts of the city under the municipalities Novi Grad and Novo Sarajevo.

The Centar municipality is the administrative, business, commercial, cultural, educational, and medical centre of Sarajevo. Although some of these may be disputed, Centar is certainly the most important part of Sarajevo, housing most major branches of the city and national governments.

The municipality of Centar occupies 3,313 hectrates of land, of which close to 17% is housing. The amount of private and state owned land is nearly equal, with 1600 and 1713 hectrates respectively. The municipality celebrates May 2 as "Centar Municipality Day", in commemoration of the heroic defense by citizens of the aggressor's assault on the Building of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Centar is also home to many Olympic complexes such as Mirza Delibašić Hall and sports venues Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium and Zetra Olympic Hall.

History

The Siege of Sarajevo had a tremendous effect on Centar. Prior to the aggression, Centar municipality had 79,000 citizens, of which the majority were Bosniaks. 7,000 citizens of the municipality were killed by the aggressors during the war, as major battles took place on its grounds. There was also a heavy presence of land mines in the area, however in December 2003 the government succeeded in clearing all land mines from the area. Since the end of the war, the municipality has received 12 major awards, indicating its current well-being and prosperity.

Demographics

1971

126,598 total

1991

79,286 total

2013

55,181 total[1]

Communities and neighborhoods

  1. Bardakčije
  2. Betanija - Šip
  3. Breka - Koševo II
  4. Ciglane
  5. Donji Velešići
  6. Džidžikovac - Koševo I
  7. Hrastovi - Mrkovići
  8. Koševsko Brdo
  9. Marijin Dvor - Crni Vrh - Gorica
  10. Mejtaš - Bjelave
  11. MZ Park - Višnjik
  12. Pionirska DolinaNahorevo
  13. Skenderija - Podtekija
  14. Soukbunar
  15. Trg Oslobođenja

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census of population, households and dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013: Final results. Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. June 2016. 5 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20171224103940/http://www.popis2013.ba/popis2013/doc/Popis2013prvoIzdanje.pdf. 24 December 2017. dead.