Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Sarajevo Сарајево |
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| City of Sarajevo | |||
     
From top, left to right: Sarajevo panorama, Emperor's Mosque, Sarajevo Cathedral, Orthodox Cathedral, Sarajevo Library, Latin Bridge, and Sebilj.
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| Nickname(s): Jerusalem of Europe, Jerusalem of the Balkans, Šeher, Rajvosa | |||
 Location in Europe and Bosnia and Herzegovina (dark blue) |
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| Coordinates: 43°52′N 18°25′E / 43.867°N 18.417°ECoordinates: 43°52′N 18°25′E / 43.867°N 18.417°E | |||
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Canton | Sarajevo Canton | ||
| Municipalities | 4 | ||
| Founded | 1461 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Abdulah Skaka (SDA) | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 141.5 km2 (54.6 sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 489 km2 (189 sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 3,350 km2 (1,290 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 550 m (1,800 ft) | ||
| Population (Census 2013.) | |||
| • City | 275,524 | ||
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 395,133 | ||
| • Urban density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 555,210 | ||
| • Metro density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) | ||
| • Demonym | Sarajlija | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 71000 | ||
| Area code(s) | +387 (33) | ||
| Website |
City of Sarajevo Tourist office of Sarajevo |
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Sarajevo (Cyrillic: Сарајево, pronounced [sǎrajeʋo]; see names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its current administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area, including Sarajevo Canton, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants. Nestled within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans.
Sarajevo is the leading political, social and cultural center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a prominent center of culture in the Balkans, with its region-wide influence in entertainment, media, fashion, and the arts.
Due to its long and rich history of religious and cultural diversity, Sarajevo was sometimes called the "Jerusalem of Europe" or "Jerusalem of the Balkans". It is the only major European city to have a mosque, Catholic church, Orthodox church and synagogue within the same neighborhood. A regional center in education, the city is also home to the Balkans' first institution of tertiary education in the form of an Islamic polytechnic called the Saraybosna Osmanlı Medrese, today part of the University of Sarajevo.
Although settlement in the area stretches back to prehistoric times, the modern city arose as an Ottoman stronghold in the 15th century. Sarajevo has attracted international attention several times throughout its history. In 1885, Sarajevo was the first city in Europe and the second city in the world to have a full-time electric tram network running through the city, following San Francisco. In 1914, it was the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, which sparked World War I, after which the city experienced a period of stagnation as part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The establishment of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina within the Second Yugoslavia led to a massive expansion of Sarajevo, the constituent republic's capital, which hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics. For 1,425 days, from April 1992 to February 1996, the city suffered the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare, during the Bosnian War and the breakup of Yugoslavia.
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