Novo Sarajevo

Novo Sarajevo (Ново Сарајево, pronounced [nôʋoː sǎrajeʋo]; lit.

Like Novi Grad, Novo Sarajevo is a product of the city's massive growth and development in the 1960s and 1970s.

It is located in the middle of the Sarajevo field, predominantly on the northern bank of the Miljacka, between Novi Grad and Centar.

Prior to the siege, Novo Sarajevo had some 47.6 km2 (41.6% Forest, 17.5% Meadows, 13.5% Commercial/Building Land, 10.4% Grass-land, 8.4% Ploghland, 13.5% Gardens).

Novo Sarajevo is considered to be the second most developed municipality in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, boasting a per capita GDP of some US$11,000 (275.2% of FBiH average GDP), just behind the municipality of Centar, Sarajevo.

Novo Sarajevo is marked with number 6 on this map of the Sarajevo Canton.
Coat of arms of Sarajevo
Coat of arms of Sarajevo