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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.
Populated places in Novi Grad, Sarajevo (5 P) Pages in category "Novi Grad, Sarajevo" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Ahatovići massacre was the mass killing of 47 captured Bosniak soldiers from the town of Ahatovići, in the municipality of Novi Grad, Sarajevo by the Army of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War. [4]
Novi Grad, Odžak, a village near Odžak in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, a town and municipality in Republika Srpska; Novi Grad, Sarajevo, a municipality in the city of Sarajevo
According to this act, Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided into 7 okrugs – Sarajevo, Herzegovina, Travnik, Banja Luka, Doboj and Travnik. [12] The new Act on Administrative-Territorial Division was enacted in 1949. The People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was then divided into four oblasts – Sarajevo, Mostar, Banja Luka and Tuzla. [13]
On May 19, 1992, the First Independent Battalion of the District Defense Headquarters Sarajevo and the 15th Infantry Brigade TO Novi Grad, formed on July 1, 1992, were formed from already formed units from this area.
Novi Grad is located on the right bank of the Una and both banks of the Sana, between two geographic zones: the slopes of the mountains of Grmeč and Kozara, and the alluvial land surrounding the town's two rivers. The town itself is located 122 m (400 feet) above sea level, at nearly 45°N; the climate is temperate-continental.
The Novi Grad municipality has the highest percentage of citizens under 14 years of age in the city, at 17.4%, while 17.5% of Novo Sarajevo municipality's population is over 65 years of age. Overall, the city's population is slightly older than its surrounding areas and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a whole.