Istočno Novo Sarajevo

Istočno Novo Sarajevo
Источно Ново Сарајево
East New Sarajevo
Municipality

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Location of East New Sarajevo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 43°49′12″N 18°21′33″E / 43.82000°N 18.35917°E / 43.82000; 18.35917Coordinates: 43°49′12″N 18°21′33″E / 43.82000°N 18.35917°E / 43.82000; 18.35917
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
City Istočno Sarajevo
Government
Area
 • Total 34,69 km2 (1,339 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
 • Total 10,642
 • Density 330,8/km2 (8,570/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s) 57
Website www.opstinains.net

Istočno Novo Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Источно Ново Сарајево, "East New Sarajevo") is a municipality of the city of Istočno Sarajevo located in Republika Srpska, an entity of 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 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Etymology

The municipality was formerly known as Srpsko Novo Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Српско Ново Сарајево, "Serb East Sarajevo") and Lukavica (Serbian Cyrillic: Лукавица).

Demographics

Ethnic groups

Municipality Nationality
Total
Bosniaks
%
Croats
%
Serbs
%
Istočno Novo Sarajevo 440.41 1071.00 10,248 96.29 10,642

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Education

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. These are the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Music Academy and Faculty of Agriculture.[2]

Sport

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]

References

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  2. ↑ University of East Sarajevo
  3. ↑ KK Slavija Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine.
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