Čengić vila

Čengić vila is a neighbourhood in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The neighborhood is a part of the Novo Sarajevo municipality. It is divided into the Čengić vila I and Čengić vila II units.

The neighbourhood's name Čengić derives from a family name, while Vila refers to a villa. Specifically, Derviš-paša Dedaga Čengić[1] built his residence in that part of the town in the 19th century, and people started calling the surrounding area "Čengić vila".

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    References

    1. Hamdija Kreševljaković, "Čengići", Sarajevo 1959., str. 24. Sarajevski grafički zavod, 1959. Retrieved 2013-08-23.

    Coordinates: 43°51′07″N 18°22′16″E / 43.852°N 18.371°E / 43.852; 18.371


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