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During the 1970s, Sarajevo was undergoing a rapid economic and cultural development, with great expansion focused on population and industry.Novi Grad was a direct result of this period of heavy growth, in which many acres of previously unused land were transformed into socialist urban centres filled with apartment buildings.
Sarajevo (/ ˌ s ær ə ˈ j eɪ v oʊ / SARR-ə-YAY-voh) [5] is the capital [6] and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. [7] [4] The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo Canton, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants.
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 ...
On its north-west corner, the new British Embassy Sarajevo has been built. [2] Grbavica II, between Grbavica I and Hrasno, hosts the Grbavica Shopping Centre and the Ummu Arif Zabadne Mosque. South of Zagrebačka street are Grbavica Stadium, home of FK Željezničar, and the Catholic Church of St. Ignatius (Crkva Sv.Ignacija Lojolskog).
The population of Stari Grad is 36,976, making it the least populous of Sarajevo's four municipalities. Its population density of 742.5 inhabitants per km 2 also ranks it last among the four. Stari Grad contains numerous hotels and tourist attractions including the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, Emperor's Mosque, the Sarajevo Cathedral and more.
High Schools in Istočno Novo Sarajevo Headquarters of the State Investigation and Protection Agency is located in Istočno Novo Sarajevo. 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).
In 2002, the total export for the greater Sarajevo region was worth about 259.569.000 KM. This was an increase of 21.9% from the previous year. Most of Sarajevo's exports (28.2%) head to Germany, with the United Kingdom following behind at 16.8% and Serbia thirds with 12.8%. The largest amount of imported goods come from Germany, at 15.8%.