Stari Grad, Sarajevo

Stari Grad ( " Old Town " ) is a municipality ( Općina ) with almost 39,000 inhabitants in the urban area of ​​the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. During the Bosnian War, the Serbian-dominated eastern part of the municipality split off and now forms the municipality Istočni Stari Grad ( " Old East " ) in the Republika Srpska.

The municipality of Stari Grad is bounded by the municipalities Ilijaš in the north, Istočni Stari Grad on the east and south and Centar in the West. Here is the Ottoman center of Sarajevo, the Bescarsija, with the most famous sights such as the Sebilj, the Gazi Husrev Beg Mosque, Latin Bridge and the Vijecnica, the old town hall. Even the Roman Catholic Sacred Heart Cathedral from the 19th century stands in Stari Grad, while the western, younger half of the center of the municipality Centar counts. The Miljacka river crosses the municipality to the next to the old town densely populated and forested areas north and south are. Other parts of which belong to the municipality of Stari Grad, are Alifakovac, Bistrik and Bentbasa at the Miljacka, and Mount Velebit.

The majority of the population are Bosniaks.