Canton 9 of 10Kanton Sarajevo
Sarajevo Canton
Encompasses the capital city of Sarajevo and surrounding metropolitan municipalities. Serves as the political, financial, and cultural center of the nation.
Capital
Sarajevo
Population majority
Bosniak
Entity
Federation of BiH
What a canton governs
Under the Federation constitution the cantons hold police, education, culture, housing, public services, local land use, tourism and cantonal budgets. This is why school curricula, police uniforms and hospital funding differ from canton to canton, and why the Federation has thirteen governments in total.
Seat of the canton
Sarajevo
The capital and largest city. A major political, financial, and cultural hub, nestled in a valley and surrounded by the Dinaric Alps.
Commonly referred to as the 'Jerusalem of Europe' due to its rich history of religious diversity. It hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics and was the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, sparking World War I.
275,524 residents (2013 census, City of Sarajevo (four municipalities); Sarajevo Canton 413,593)
Heritage in and around Sarajevo
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović BridgeVišegrad · Bridges & Infrastructure
- Sarajevo City Hall (Vijećnica)Sarajevo (Stari Grad) · Cultural Institutions
- Gazi Husrev-beg MosqueSarajevo (Stari Grad) · Religious Sites
- Latin BridgeSarajevo (Stari Grad) · Bridges & Infrastructure
- Svrzo's HouseSarajevo (Stari Grad) · Historic Residential
- Despić HouseSarajevo (Stari Grad) · Historic Residential
- Sacred Heart CathedralSarajevo (Stari Grad) · Religious Sites
- The Sarajevo HaggadahSarajevo (Centar) · Cultural Institutions
- Old Orthodox ChurchSarajevo (Stari Grad) · Religious Sites
- Sarajevo - Symbol of MulticultureSarajevo · World Heritage
- Jewish Cemetery in SarajevoSarajevo · World Heritage
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