The Sarajevo metropolitan area is the largest agglomeration in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and ...
, representing the wider area of the capital
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajev ...
with an estimated population of 555,210 people.
It consists of
Sarajevo Canton
The Sarajevo Canton, officially the Canton of Sarajevo ( bs, Kanton Sarajevo; hr, Sarajevska županija; sr-Cyrl, Сарајевски кантон), is one of 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It ...
with a population of 413,593 inhabitants,
East Sarajevo with 61,516 inhabitants and the municipalities of
Breza
Breza (the word for birch in several Slavic languages) may refer to:
Places
* Breza, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Breza, Smolyan Province in Rudozem Municipality, Bulgaria
* Breza, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, a vill ...
,
Kiseljak,
Kreševo and
Visoko. The Sarajevo metropolitan area is economically the strongest area of Bosnia and Herzegovina and generates more than 45% of the Bosnia and Herzegovina
GDP.
Urban areas
References
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Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo Canton
Metropolitan areas of Europe