| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Entity |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Istočno Sarajevo |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population As Of: | 2013 census |
| Native Name: | Источно Ново Сарајево |
| Official Name: | Istočno Novo Sarajevo |
| Other Name: | East New Sarajevo |
| Mapsize: | 175px |
| Area Total Km2: | 34,69 |
| Population Total: | 10642 |
| Population Density Km2: | 330,8 |
| Coordinates: | 43.82°N 18.3592°W |
| Area Code: | 57 |
| Leader Title: | Municipal mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jovan Katić |
| Leader Party: | SNSD |
| Image Map1: | Istočno Novo Sarajevo-naselja.PNG |
Istočno Novo Sarajevo (Serbian: 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.
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: 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 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 – Istočno Novo Sarajevo municipality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | |||||||
| Total | 10,642 (100,0%) | ||||||
| Serbs | 10,248 (96,30%) | ||||||
| Others | 243 (2,283%) | ||||||
| Croats | 107 (1,005%) | ||||||
| Bosniaks | 44 (0,413%) | ||||||