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 certainly the most important part of Sarajevo, housing most major branches of the city and national governments. Sarajevo (Summer 2004) Downtown Sarajevo and the Miljacka river. ... Stari Grad Municipality is the oldest and most historically significant part of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The westernmost of the four Municipalities that make up the city of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina is Novi Grad Municipality. ... Novo Sarajevo Municipality (English translation New Sarajevo) is, like Novi Grad Municipality, a product of Sarajevos massive growth and development in the 1960s and 1970s. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... Historically, the term business referred to activities or interests. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The word culture comes from the Latin root colere (to inhabit, to cultivate, or to honor). ... Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with restoring and maintaining health. ...

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 aggressor'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. May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... Skenderija is a City Center in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

The Siege of Sarajevo had a tremendous effect on Centar Municipality. Prior to the aggression, 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. According to government statistics from 2002, today Centar Municipality has some 68,151 citizens, which of 76.5% are Bosniaks, 13.1% are Serbs, 7.0% are Croats and 3.4% are others. Bosnian soldiers on a house to house hunt for a Serbian sniper. ... Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ... A landmine is a type of mine which is placed onto or into the ground and explodes when triggered by a vehicle or person. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (where theyre one of the constitutive nations). ...

External Links

• The Official Web Site of Centar Municipality Sarajevo (http://www.centar.ba/)