Novo Goražde (Serbian Cyrillic: Ново Горажде, lit.

The medieval fortress Samobor built by Stjepan Vukčić Kosača located in the municipality.

Duke of Saint Sava Stjepan Vukčić built the Church of St. George located in Donja Sopotnica.

[1] The East Bosnian railway from Sarajevo to Uvac and Vardište was built through Ustiprača during Austro-Hungarian rule.

In 1939, the railway station Ustiprača became a junction railway station to destinations of Sarajevo, Belgrade and Foča, after a branch line from Ustiprača to Foča had been built.