Stari Grad, Sarajevo Стари Град, Сарајево
Stari Grad, Sarajevo Location of Stari Grad, Sarajevo
Coordinates: 43°41′N 18°01′E / 43.683, 18.017
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
- Municipality president	Mustafa Resić (SDU)
Population
- Total	50,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+387 33
Website: http://www.starigrad-sarajevo.ba

Stari Grad is marked with number 7 on this map of the Sarajevo Canton. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks

Stari Grad (meaning "old city") is a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan It is the oldest and most historically significant part of Sarajevo. History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with At its heart is the Basčarsija, the old town market sector where the city was founded by the Ottomans in the 15th century. TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish

Features

The municipality of Stari Grad is characterized by its many religious structures, and examples of unique Bosnian architecture. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Architecture of Bosnia and Herzegovina is largely influenced by 4 major periods where political and social changes influenced the creation of distinct cultural and architectural The eastern half of Stari Grad consists of the Ottoman influenced sectors of the city, while the western half showcases an architecture and culture that arrived with Austria-Hungary, symbolically representing the city as a meeting place between East and West. Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic

The population of Stari Grad is slightly above 50,000, making it the least populous of Sarajevo's four municipalities. Its population density of 742. 5 inhabitants per km² also ranks it last among four. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Stari Grad contains numerous hotels and tourist attractions including the Gazi Husrev-beg's Mosque, Tzar's Mosque, and the Sarajevo Cathedral. A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging usually on a short-term basis Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel The Gazi Husrev-Beg Mosque ( Bosnian: Gazi Husrev-begova Džamija, Turkish: Gazi Hüsrev Bey Camii) often referred to as the Beg's The Emperor's Mosque ( Bosnian: Careva Džamija, Turkish: Hünkâr Camii) is an important Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia The Cathedral of Jesus' Heart ( Bosnian / Croatian: Katedrala Srca Isusova) in Sarajevo is the largest Cathedral in Bosnia

Demographics

1971

126. 598 total

• Muslims - 74. 354 (58,73%)
• Serbs - 27. 658 (21,84%)
• Croats - 12. 903 (10,19%)
• Yugoslavs - 5. 944 (4,69%)
• Others - 5. 739 (4,55%)

1991

50. 744 total

• Muslims - Bošnjaci - 39. 410 (77,66%)
• Serbs - 5. 150 (10,14%)
• Croats - 1. 126 (2,21%)
• Yugoslavs - 3. 374 (6,64%)
• Others - 1. 684 (3,35%)

2005

In 2005, 97% of population of the municipality were ethnic Bosniaks.

Sites

Prior to 1914, the Austro-Hungarians who ruled Sarajevo wanted land in the Sarajevo Old Town district to build a city hall and library. TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with ^[1] The land had a home on it and, despite offering the owner money, he refused and continued to refuse even when told that he had to move. ^[1] When the officials threatened him, he moved the house and rebuilt it, piece by piece, on the other side of the Miljacka river, as a way of spiting the officials. The Miljacka is a River in Bosnia and Herzegovina that passes through Sarajevo. ^[1] The Sarajevo Spite House operates today as a restaurant is called "Inat Kuca" which means "Spite House. A spite house is a Building generally found in an urban environment that is constructed or modified because someone that the builder feels has wronged him does not want "^[1]

References

See also

• Sarajevo
• Sarajevo Canton

External links

• http://www.starigrad-sarajevo.ba/