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The Sarajevo metropolitan area is the largest agglomeration in Bosnia and Herzegovina, representing the wider area of the capital Sarajevo with an estimated population of 555,210 people. [ 1 ] It consists of Sarajevo Canton with a population of 413,593 inhabitants, East Sarajevo with 61,516 inhabitants and the municipalities of Breza , Kiseljak ...
It was initially the largest and most representative building of the Austro-Hungarian period in Sarajevo and served as the city hall. [1] [2] The building was reopened on 9 May 2014. [3] It is the current seat and headquarters of the Mayor of Sarajevo, as well as the Sarajevo City Council.
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.
Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a fast-growing sector making up an important part in the economy of the country.. Beside a number of spots and attractions in Sarajevo and Mostar, as the country's principal tourist destinations, Bosnia and Herzegovina is regaining its reputation as an excellent ski destination with its Olympic mountain ski resorts such as Jahorina, Bjelašnica and Igman.
Overall, during the Siege of Sarajevo (1992–95), Dobrinja was the most bombed neighbourhood of Sarajevo. In 1993 a mortar attack was conducted from Serb-held positions on a football game. 13 people died and over 130 were wounded. Most of Dobrinja lies west of the inter-entity boundary line, in the territory of Sarajevo Canton.
This is a list of people who have served as mayor or president of the city council of the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo has had 39 different mayors in 40 different mayorships since the position was created on 22 August 1878, upon Austro-Hungarian occupation .
The Faculty of Political Sciences in Sarajevo (Bosnian: Fakultet političkih nauka u Sarajevu) or FPN is one of the 24 faculties of the University of Sarajevo.The faculty was formed in 1961 as the former "High School (i.e. tertiary institution) of Political Sciences in Sarajevo" and is located in the urban area of Sarajevo (between Drvenija Bridge and Čobanija Bridge). [1]