Centar Municipality: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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Centar Municipality is located in central Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, between the older parts of the city under Stari Grad Municipality, and the newer more modern parts of the city under the Municipalities Novi Grad and Novo Sarajevo. Centar Municipality, according to the government website, is the administrative, business, commercial, cultural, educational, and medical centre of Sarajevo. Although some of these may be disputed, Centar Municipality is definetly the most important part of Sarajevo, housing most major branches of the city and national governments.

Centar Municipality occupies 3,313 hectrates of land, of which close to 17% is housing. The amount of private and state owned land is nearly equal, with 1600 and 1713 hectrates respectively.Centar Municipality celebrates May 2nd as "Centar Municipality Day", in commemoration of the heroic defense by citizens of the agressor's assault on the Presidency building of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Centar Municipality is also home to many Olympic complexes such as City Hall Skenderija and sports-complex Koševo-Zetra.

The Siege of Sarajevo had a tremendous effect on Centar Municipality. Prior to the agression, Centar Municipality had 79,000 citizens, of which the majority were Bosniaks. 7000 citizens of Center Municipality were killed by the aggressors during the war, as major battles took place on its grounds. There was also a heavy presence of land mines in the area, however in December 2003 the government succeeded in clearing all land mines from the area. Since the end of the war, Općina has received 12 major awards, indicating its current well-being and prosperity. Today Centar Municipality has some 67,316 citizens.