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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.
The communists invested heavily in Sarajevo, building many new residential blocks in Novi Grad Municipality and Novo Sarajevo Municipality, while simultaneously developing the city's industry and transforming Sarajevo once again into one of the Balkans' chief cities. From a post-war population of 115,000, by the fall of Yugoslavia Sarajevo had ...
St. George's Day: Đurđevdan: 24 June St. John the Baptist's Day: Ivandan: 28 June St. Vitus' Day: Vidovdan: 12 July St. Peter's Day: Petrovdan: 2 August St. Elijah's Day: Ilindan: 8 September Nativity of Virgin Mary: Rođenje Blažene Djevice Marije (Mala Gospa) 21 September Nativity of Virgin Mary Mala Gospojina: 8 November St. Demetrius ...
Independence Day (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Dan nezavisnosti, Cyrillic: Дан независности) is a public holiday observed in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 March to celebrate the independence of the then Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.
Statehood Day (Bosnian: Dan državnosti, Дан државности) is a holiday celebrated in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity [1] that occurs every year on 25 November. On that day in 1943, at the first session of the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ZAVNOBiH) in Mrkonjić Grad ...
Sarajevo has had a number of famous citizens over the years. They include an Academy Award winner, two Nobel Prize winners, musicians, novelists, athletes, actors, artists, designers, film directors, screenwriters, politicians etc. Sarajevo has also produced presidents for three countries.
The Sarajevo Film Festival has canceled all screenings and all but one of its events on Wednesday after the Bosnia and Herzegovina government declared it to be a “Day of Mourning” following ...
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.