Centar Municipality, Sarajevo

Centar ( "Center " ) is one of four large municipalities ( Opčine ) of Sarajevo. It covers the western half of the historic part of the Bosnian capital. It borders the municipalities Ilijaš in the north, to the east of Stari Grad, Novo Sarajevo in the south and Novi Grad and Vogošća in the West. Centar is the administrative, commercial and cultural center of the city; here are many Bosnian institutions, embassies, the Koševo Stadium, the main train station and the headquarters of many companies.

Sarajevo- Centar consists of a total of 15 smaller communities.

History

After the Second World War, Sarajevo was placed in a special area of the People's Government. The first time the city was divided into nine districts. And then you made ​​a division of the four regions in which the region was taken as 2 large village Sarajevo- Centar. In May 1952, decided in the reorganization of local government that remain from local communities and municipalities. In 1955, it was decided at the municipal planning in Yugoslavia, the territory of the former city that is to form the municipalities of Stari Grad, Sarajevo- Centar, Novo Sarajevo and Vogosca. In 1974 it was decided that the city of Sarajevo should connect and to create their own rights and obligations. The first president of the municipality of Sarajevo- Centar was Salko Lagumdzija. President of the Management Board were: Bozidar Jean, Mustafa Dizdarevic, Nedeljko Despotovic, Djordje Zaric, Enes Cengic, Nermin Muratović. Since 1992 until today in Sarajevo- Centar: Abid Jusic, Igor Gaon, Ljubisa Markovic and Dževad Becirevics mayor. President of the Municipal Assembly Sarajevo- Centar Mirko Grcic, Boro Ostojic, Zorica Zirojević, Belkisa Rizvanbegović, Jasenković Abdullah, Khaled Prcić, M. Markic, Mark Bero, Dragomir Bulatovic. Since 1992 until today, the chairman of the City Council: Husein Kamber, Kulenović Hussein Mohammed Alaim, Lidija Korac, S. Kovacevic.

In Bosnia war Centar was one of the hardest-hit parts of Sarajevo.

Population

In the last official census in 2013, the municipality had 59 238 inhabitants.

Ethnic composition ( self- attribution )

  • Bosniaks - 39 761 ( 50.14 %)
  • Serbs - 16,631 ( 20.97 %)
  • Yugoslavs - 13,030 ( 16.43 %)
  • Croats - 5,428 (6.84 %)
  • Other unknown - 4,346 ( 5.66% )
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