Ilijaš

Ilijaš Илијаш
Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Federation of BiH
Canton :	Sarajevo
Coordinates :	43 ° 57 ′  N , 18 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 57 ′ 30 ″  N , 18 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	450  m. i. J.
Area :	309  km²
Residents :	19,603 (2013)
Population density :	63 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	+387 (0) 33
Postal code :	71380
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor :	Akif Fazlić (SDA / SBB)
Website :	www.ilijas.ba

Center of Ilijaš with mosque and sports center

Ilijaš ( Serbian - Cyrillic Илијаш ) is a city and the associated municipality in the canton of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina . The place is about 15 km northwest of the city center of Sarajevo .

geography

Iljaš is located in the valley of the Bosna and is therefore connected to all important connections between Sarajevo and Central Europe - motorway 1 , railway line Sarajevo - Zagreb , main road 17 . In the northeast the peaks of the Čemerska planina rise up to 1466 m; the mountains southwest of the Bosna reach heights of almost 1000 m. The Bukovik (1532 m) is the highest point in the community.

Iljaš itself is located on the Misoča just before its confluence with the Bosna.

The municipality takes up a quarter of the canton's area. It consists of two parts. The smaller, western part, in which the town of Iljaš is also located, is densely populated and lies mainly in the Bosna valley. The larger, eastern part is hardly inhabited and is located in the mountain ranges of the Čemerska planina and the Ozren . Both parts are connected by a narrow strip of territory. In the center of the city is the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Elias , built from 1879 to 1881 , which was damaged and looted several times after the end of the Bosnian War .

Bordering municipalities are Vogošća , Ilidža , Sarajevo-Centar , Sarajevo-Novi Grad and Sarajevo-Stari Grad in the canton of Sarajevo , Visoko , Breza , Vareš and Olovo in the canton of Zenica-Doboj , Sokolac and Istočni Stari Grad in the Republika Srpska .

Community structure

The following local communities belong to the union community : Misoča (in the north-east), Podlugovi (in the north), Lješevo ​​(in the north-west), Stari Ilijaš and Malešići.

population

Before the Bosnian War the community had 25,184 inhabitants. Of these, 11,325 (44.96%) described themselves as Serbs , 10,585 (42.03%) as Muslims , 1,736 (6.89%) as Croats and 1,167 (4.63%) as Yugoslavs . 371 residents (1.47%) gave no or different information.

The town of Iljaš had 6,833 inhabitants; here too the Serbs were the largest population group. The Bosniaks have been the absolute majority since the war. According to the 2013 census, 18,151 of the 19,603 inhabitants identified themselves as Bosniaks (92.6%), 421 as Serbs (2.1%) and 382 as Croatians (1.9%). 3.3% considered themselves to be part of another group or not to any group.

Personalities

• Maya Berović (* 1987) popfolk singer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1991 census
2. ↑ Agencija za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine: Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini, 2013. Rezultati popisa. (pdf, 19.7 MB) Sarajevo, June 2016; P. 59