Novi Grad ( sr-cyrl, Нови Град, ; lit. "New Town") is a municipality of the city of

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. It is the westernmost of the four municipalities that make up the city of Sarajevo. The municipality also consists of the villages Bojnik and Rečica.

History

During the

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, 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

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urban centres filled with apartment buildings. By the time the Novi Grad municipality was formally recognized, it had some 60,000 citizens, in 18 neighbourhoods. According to the 1991 census, the municipality of Novi Grad had 136,746 citizens. Four years of the Bosnian War brought that number down tremendously, as the Serb minority left the city. Of the municipality's 33,517 residential buildings, 92% were damaged during the

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. Novi Grad has since made a fantastic recovery. Although many bullet holes and mortar shell impacts are visible throughout the municipality, it is overall healthy and functioning. As the most modern part of Sarajevo, Novi Grad is also ground to many new developments, such as the Bosmal City Center.

Demographics

1971

111,811 total *

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- 45,806 (40.96%) * Bosniaks - 37,147 (33.22%) *

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, ...

- 17,491 (15.64%) *

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Jugoslaveni'', Serbian and Macedonian ''Jugosloveni''/Југословени; sl, Jugoslovani) is an identity that was originally designed to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has b ...

- 5,798 (5.18%) *Others - 5,569 (5.00%)

1991

136,616 total *Bosniaks - 69,430 (50.82%) *Serbs - 37,591 (27.51%) *Croats - 8,889 (6.50%) *Yugoslavs - 15,580 (11.40%) *Others - 5,126 (3.77%)

2002

According to the 2002 estimate, today the municipality of Novi Grad has 122,636 citizens, of which around 94% are Bosniaks, 2% Serbs and 4% Croats.

2005

In 2005, 86% of the population of the municipality were ethnic Bosniaks.

2013

118,553 total *Bosniaks - 99,773 (84.15%) *Croats - 4,947 (4.17%) *Serbs - 4,367 (3.68%) *Others - 9,439 (7.96%)

Communities and neighborhoods in Novi Grad

* Boljakov Potok * Staro Hrasno * Otoka * Mojmilo * Švrakino selo * Aneks * Alipašino polje- A Faza * Alipašino polje- B Faza * Alipašino polje- C Faza * Saraj Polje (Vojničko Polje) * Olimpijsko selo Mojmilo * Dobrinja A * Dobrinja B * Dobrinja C * Dobrinja D * Buća potok * Dolac * Alipašin Most II * Ahatovići (Gornji Ahatovići and Donji Ahatovići) * Alipašin Most I * Briješće * Sokolje * Dobroševići

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Populated places in the Sarajevo Canton