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Sarajevo
Sarajevo | |
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Ceety | |
| Ceety o Sarajevo Grad Sarajevo Град Сарајево | |
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 Bosnia an Herzegovina surroondin Sarajevo (daurk green, centre) | |
| Coordinates: 43°52′0″N 18°25′0″E / 43.86667°N 18.41667°ECoordinates: 43°52′0″N 18°25′0″E / 43.86667°N 18.41667°E | |
| Kintra |  Bosnie an Herzegovinae |
| Entity | Federation o Bosnie an Herzegovinae |
| Canton |  Sarajevo Canton |
| Municipalities | 4 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Alija Behmen (SDP) |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 141.5 km2 (54.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 518 m (1,699 ft) |
| Population (31 August 2011)[2] | |
| • Ceety | 311,161 |
| • Density | 2202.9/km2 (5,705/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 438,757 |
| • Metro | 900,000 (est.) |
| • Demonym | Sarajlija |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 71000 |
| Area code(s) | +387 (33) |
| Website | Ceety o Sarajevo |
Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Сарајево) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Bosnie an Herzegovinae, 310,605 fowk in the fower municipalities that make up the ceety proper, an a metro aurie population of 436,572 fowk in the Sarajevo Canton (2010). It is an aa the caipital o the Federation o Bosnie an Herzegovinae entity, as well as the centre o the Sarajevo Canton. Sarajevo is locatit in the Sarajevo valley o Bosnie, surroondit bi the Dinaric Alps an situatit aroond the Miljacka river.
The ceety is famous for its traditional releegious diversity, wi adherents o Islam, Orthodoxy, Catholicism an Judaism coexistin there for centuries.[4] Due tae this lang and rich history o releegious diversity an coexistence Sarajevo haes aften been cawed the "Jerusalem o Europe".[5]
Although settlement in the aurie stretches back tae prehistoric times, the modren ceety arose as an Ottoman stranghauld in the 15t century.[6] Sarajevo haes attractit internaitional attention several times throughoot its history: In 1914 it wis the site o the assassination that sparked Warld War I, while seiventy years later it became the host ceety o the 1984 Winter Oleempics. Mair recently, Sarajevo unnerwent the Siege o Sarajevo durin the Bosnian War. The day the ceety is recoverin an adjustin tae a post-war reality, as a major centre o cultur an economic development in Bosnie an Herzegovinae.[7] Sarajevo wis an aa the first ceety in Europe an the seicont ceety in the warld tae hae a full-time operational electric tram netwirk runnin through the ceety, the first being San Francisco.[8] Lonely Planet haes named Sarajevo as the 43rd best ceety in the warld,[9] an in December 2009 leetit Sarajevo as ane o the tap ten ceeties tae visit in 2010.[10]
- ↑ Sarajevo Official Web Site. About Sarajevo.Sarajevo Top city guide. Retrieved on 4 March 2007.
- ↑ "First release" (PDF). Federal Office of Statistics, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 31 August 2011. p. 3. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 11 Mey 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ↑ "Intercity and International Cooperation of the City of Zagreb". 2006–2009 City of Zagreb. Archived frae the original on 7 Julie 2017. Retrieved 23 Juin 2009.
- ↑ Malcolm, Noel. Bosnia: A Short History. ISBN 0-8147-5561-5.
- ↑ Stilinovic, Josip (3 January 2002). In Europe's Jerusalem Catholic World News. The city’s principal mosques are the Gazi Husreff-Bey’s Mosque, or Begova Džamija (1530), and the Mosque of Ali Pasha (1560–61). Retrieved on 5 August 2006.
- ↑ Valerijan, Žujo; Imamović, Mustafa; Ćurovac, Muhamed. Sarajevo.
- ↑ Kelley, Steve. Rising Sarajevo finds hope again. The Seattle Times. Retrieved on 19 August 2006.
- ↑ [1] Lonely Planet: Best Cities in the World
- ↑ Lonely Planet (March 2006). The Cities Book: A Journey Through The Best Cities In The World. Lonely Planet Publications, ISBN 1-74104-731-5.
- ↑ "Lonely Planet's Top 10 Cities 2010 | Lonely Planet's Top 10 Cities 2010". News.com.au. Archived frae the original on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 19 Januar 2010.
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