Novi Grad, Sarajevo

During the 1970s, Sarajevo was undergoing a rapid economic and cultural development, with great expansion focused on population and industry. Novi Grad was a direct result of this period of heavy growth, in which many acres of previously unused land were transformed into socialist urban centres filled with apartment buildings. By the time the Novi Grad municipality was formally recognized, it had some 60,000 citizens, in 18 neighbourhoods. According to the 1991 census, the municipality of Novi Grad had 136,746 citizens. Four years of the Bosnian War brought that number down tremendously, as the Serb minority left the city. Of the municipality's 33,517 residential buildings, 92% were damaged during the Siege of Sarajevo. Novi Grad has since made a fantastic recovery. Although many bullet holes and mortar shell impacts are visible throughout the municipality, it is overall healthy and functioning. As the most modern part of Sarajevo, Novi Grad is also ground to many new developments, such as the Bosmal City Center. ==Demographics==

1971 111,811 total • Serbs - 45,806 (40.96%) • Bosniaks - 37,147 (33.22%) • Croats - 17,491 (15.64%) • Yugoslavs - 5,798 (5.18%) • Others - 5,569 (5.00%) 1991 136,616 total • Bosniaks - 69,430 (50.82%) • Serbs - 37,591 (27.51%) • Croats - 8,889 (6.50%) • Yugoslavs - 15,580 (11.40%) • Others - 5,126 (3.77%) 2002 According to the 2002 estimate, today the municipality of Novi Grad has 122,636 citizens, of which around 94% are Bosniaks, 2% Serbs and 4% Croats. 2005 In 2005, 86% of the population of the municipality were ethnic Bosniaks. 2013 118,553 total • Bosniaks - 99,773 (84.15%) • Croats - 4,947 (4.17%) • Serbs - 4,367 (3.68%) • Others - 9,439 (7.96%) ==Communities and neighborhoods in Novi Grad==

. • Boljakov Potok • Buća Potok • Staro Hrasno • Otoka • Čengić Vila II • Mojmilo • Švrakino Selo • Aneks • Alipašino Polje-A Faza • Alipašino Polje-B Faza • Alipašino Polje-C Faza • Saraj Polje (Vojničko Polje) • Olimpijsko selo Mojmilo • Dobrinja A • Dobrinja B • Dobrinja C • Dobrinja D • Dolac • Alipašin Most II • Ahatovići (Gornji Ahatovići and Donji Ahatovići) • Alipašin Most I • Briješće • Naselje Heroja Sokolje • Dobroševići ==References==