Ilijaš

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Ilijaš
Илијаш
Location of Ilijaš within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ilijaš is located in Bosnia
Ilijaš
Location of Ilijaš
Coordinates: 43°57′N 18°16′E / 43.95°N 18.267°E / 43.95; 18.267
Country  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
 - Municipality president Nusret Mašić (SDA)
Population (2002 census)
 - Total 15,277
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +387 33

Ilijaš (Илијаш) is a town and municipality located north east of the inner city of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1971

According to 1971 population census there were 23.007 residents.

[edit] 1991

According to 1991 population census there were 25.184 residents.

After the 1991 population census, Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared themselves as Bosniaks.

[edit] 2002

According to the 2002 estimation, the population of the municipality is at 15,277 residents. Ethnically, there is a majority of 13,401 Bosniaks (87.8%), 1,072 are Serbs (7%), 644 are Croats (4.2%), and 160 are classified as others (1%).

[edit] 2005

In 2005, 89% of population of the municipality were ethnic Bosniaks.

[edit] Inhabited places

The municipality of Ilijaš is constructed by two parts. A town of Ilijaš and an upper municipality. The town of Ilijaš is completed by several places. The biggest and most urban is the center and it has about 10,000 residents, second is the neighborhood of Misoča, in the Bosnian language known as Naselje Misoča. It is the biggest community in the municipality of Ilijaš with 1500 residents. Ethnically, there is majority of Bosniaks of about 1300 people, 250 are Serbs, 50 are Croats, with none classified as others. Otherwise, the community of Misoča is known as the place with the first organized Bosniak defence against local Serbs.

Other places, of the municipality of Ilijaš, are Podlugovi, Lješevo, Stari Ilijaš and Malešići.

[edit] See also

Coordinates: 43°57′N 18°16′E / 43.95°N 18.267°E / 43.95; 18.267