Centar, Sarajevo
Centar (Cyrillic: Центар, lit. ”Center") is a municipality of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located between the older parts of the city under Stari Grad, and the newer more modern parts of the city under the municipalities Novi Grad and Novo Sarajevo.
Centar
Центар Center | |
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Municipality | |
Clockwise from top: Sarajevo Canton government building; Koševo City Stadium; Skenderija; Sarajevo National Theatre; and the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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Location of Centar Municipality, Sarajevo within Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
| Coordinates: 43°52′8″N 18°24′31″E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton | Sarajevo Canton |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Srđan Mandić (NS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 33 km2 (13 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Total | 55,181 |
| • Density | 1,795/km2 (4,650/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +387 33 |
| Website | www |
The Centar municipality is the administrative, business, commercial, cultural, educational, and medical centre of Sarajevo. Although some of these may be disputed, Centar is certainly the most important part of Sarajevo, housing most major branches of the city and national governments.
The municipality of Centar occupies 3,313 hectrates of land, of which close to 17% is housing. The amount of private and state owned land is nearly equal, with 1600 and 1713 hectrates respectively. The municipality celebrates May 2 as "Centar Municipality Day", in commemoration of the heroic defense by citizens of the aggressor's assault on the Building of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Centar is also home to many Olympic complexes such as Mirza Delibašić Hall and sports venues Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium and Zetra Olympic Hall.