Istočno Sarajevo

Istočno Sarajevo Источно Сарајево East Sarajevo
Location of Istočno Sarajevo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population  (1991)
• Total	71,210
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	571
1 The code for Trnovo (RS) is 58.

Istočno Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Источно Сарајево; English: East Sarajevo) is de jure capital of the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina adjacent to its capital Sarajevo to its northeast. East Sarajevo consists of the pre-war part of Sarajevo now in Republika Srpska and newly built areas. It is unclear whether the city includes all the villages and hills between individual settlements. If so, it would make it, in terms of territory, one of the biggest cities in the Balkans.

Geography and climate

Geography

East Sarajevo lies in the Sarajevo valley, in the middle of the Dinaric Alps.The city is surrounded by heavily forested hills and five major mountains. The highest of the surrounding peaks is Treskavica at Template:M to ft, then Bjelašnica at Template:M to ft, Jahorina at Template:M to ft, Trebević at Template:M to ft, with Template:M to ft Igman being the shortest. Last four are also known as Olympics mountains of Sarajevo (see also 1984 Winter Olympics Games in Sarajevo).

The Željeznica river is one of the city's chief geographic features. It flows through the city from south through the Trnovo, Kijevo, Krupac and Vojkovići, parts of East Sarajevo to west part of city and Sarajevo City where eventually meets up with the Bosna river.

Climate

East Sarajevo has a mild continental climate, lying between the climate zones of central Europe to the north and the Mediterranean to the south. The average yearly temperature is 9.5 °C, with January (-1.3 °C avg.) being the coldest month of the year and July (19.1 °C avg.) the warmest. The highest recorded temperature was 40.0 °C on 19 August 1946, while the lowest recorded temperature was −26.4 °C on 25 January 1942. On average, East Sarajevo has 68 summer days per year (temperature greater than or equal to 30.0 °C). The city typically experiences mildly cloudy skies, with an average yearly cloud cover of 59%. The cloudiest month is December (75% average cloud cover) while the clearest is August (37%). Moderate precipitation occurs fairly consistently throughout the year, with an average 170 days of rainfall. Suitable climatic conditions have allowed winter sports to flourish in the region, as exemplified by the Winter Olympics in 1984 that were celebrated in Sarajevo.

Name

It was previously known as Srpsko Sarajevo (Српско Сарајево, Serb Sarajevo) but the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina adjudicated its name change.

Population

Due to the changes in the municipal borders due to the recent war, it is only possible to estimate the area population at 92,580.

Features

De jure capital of Republika Srpska is Sarajevo. However, the de facto capital of the Republika Srpska is Banja Luka which is the government seat.

Municipalities

The municipalies of Istočno Sarajevo are:

• East Ilidža (sr. Istočna Ilidža) (pop. 20,000)
• East New Sarajevo (sr.Istočno Novo Sarajevo) (aka Lukavica) (pop. 20,000)
• East Old Town (sr. Istočni Stari Grad) (pop. 3185)
• Pale (pop. 30,000)
• Sokolac (pop. 15500)
• Trnovo (RS) (pop. 3895)

Economy

The city of East Sarajevo is the administrative, industrial, commercial, financial and cultural center of the eastern part of Republika Srpska. The position of East Sarajevo is strategically important, located near the biggest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, City of Sarajevo. East Sarajevo is easily accessible, having an airport close to the city- Sarajevo International Airport and being a point of intersection of numerous roads.

Industry

East Sarajevo is one of the most important industrial centres in Republika Srpska, well-known for its companies: Famos, Energoinvest, Unis and others.

Sport

The local football clubs are Slavija Istočno Sarajevo that plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and FK Famos that competes in the First League of the Republika Srpska.

Basketball Club Slavija is a basketball club from the City of East Sarajevo that competes in the National Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

External links

• Turistička organizacija Istočno Sarajevo
• Government of the Republika Srpska
• Istočno Sarajevo portal
• University of Istočno Sarajevo
• Official page of city Istočno Sarajevo
• Istočno Sarajevo another portal