Place:Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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NameSarajevo
Alt namesSarajevo Canton
Bosna Saraysource: Times Atlas of World History (1989) p 338
Bosna-Serajsource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 831
Sarajevosource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Sarayevosource: Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-158
Serajavosource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 831
Serayevosource: Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-192
Vrh-Bosnasource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 831
Vrhbosnasource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) X, 446
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates43.85°N 18.383°E
Located inFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Sarajevo Canton, officially the Canton of Sarajevo[1] (;[1] ; ), is one of 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its cantonal seat is the city of Sarajevo, also the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Canton represents the metro area of the country's capital city, Sarajevo, together with the City of East Sarajevo. It contains 97% of the city's population, but a much smaller percentage of the official land area. The majority of the population is Bosniak (83,8%).

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History

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The history of Sarajevo dates back to Neolithic times, when the Butmir culture made its mountains and hills their home. In ancient times, the Sarajevo area (Canton) was occupied by the Illyrians. The local tribe, the Daesitates, controlled most of the area. They were a warlike bunch and the last Illyrian tribe to resist Roman rule, which finally came in AD 9. Under Roman rule, many roads were constructed in the region, as well as a city on top of modern-day Ilidža. During the Middle Ages, the area of Sarajevo Canton was a key part of the Bosnian Kingdom. The toponym Vrhbosna existed somewhere in the region and was one of the notable settlements at the time.

True development of the region came after the Ottoman conquest when local Muslim noble Isa-Beg Isaković established the roots of the modern city of Sarajevo, between 1461 and 1463. The region grew along with the city, which quickly, after Istanbul, became the most important in the Balkans. Later rule by Austria-Hungary modernized and westernized the region. Under Yugoslavia, there was major development of the area, which more than tripled in size. Because of its ideal geographical location in between mountains, Sarajevo was chosen to host the 1984 Winter Olympics. Much of this progress was offset however by the Yugoslav Wars in the early 1990s.

The Sarajevo Canton was a result of this warfare, created by the Washington Accords in 1994, and its boundaries defined by the Dayton Accords in 1995.

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