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The official act of Sarajevo Canton describes the seal and flag of Sarajevo Canton, its adoption and usage. [1] The seal is described as: "The coat of arms of the Sarajevo Canton is form of shield, constructed symmetrically along the vertical axis. The shield in the lower two-thirds narrowing into spike. The frame of the shield is gold.
Seal of Sarajevo. The Coat of Arms of Sarajevo (also known as the Seal of Sarajevo) is the coat of arms of the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was adopted in 2000. [1] [2] Article 2 of the official act of the Sarajevo city council describes the seal as follows:
The history of modern Sarajevo begins with the declaration of independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Yugoslavia. The city then became the capital of the new state, as the local division of the Yugoslav People's Army established itself on the surrounding mountains.
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, Istočno Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants.
Flag Date Use Description 1995–2007: Former flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A vertical tricolour of red (for the Bosnian Croats), white, and green (for the Bosniaks), with a coat of arms on the wide central band on which the green arms and golden fleur-de-lys represents the Bosniaks, and the checked shield the Bosnian Croats.
In 1993 the authorities in Sarajevo adopted a new language law (Službeni list Republike Bosne i Hercegovine, 18/93): "In the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ijekavian standard literary language of the three constitutive nations is officially used, designated by one of the three terms: Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian." [10]
Flag of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A wide medium blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow right triangle abutting the band and the top of the flag; the remainder of the flag is medium blue with seven full five-pointed white stars and two half stars top and bottom along the hypotenuse of the triangle.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .