Serbs of Sarajevo
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The Serbs of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, numbered 157,526 according to the 1991 census, making up more than 30% of the city's population. Today, following the Bosnian War, few Serbs remain in Sarajevo. Most have either moved abroad, to Serbia, Canada or other countries, or moved to a new settlement on the outskirts of Sarajevo, located in the Republika Srpska, known as East Sarajevo (previously Srpsko Sarajevo).
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[edit] Churches
There are three main Serb Orthodox Christian places of worship in Sarajevo: the Old Orthodox Church (Serbian: Стара православна црква or Stara pravoslavna crkva), dating back to the 16th century,[citation needed] the Cathedral Church (Саборна црква or Saborna crkva), which was erected in the 1860s, and the church in Novo Sarajevo.
[edit] Prominent individuals
Notable Serbs who were born in or lived in Sarajevo include:
- Emir Kusturica, film director
- Boris Tadić, the current President of Serbia
- Nele Karajlić, musician
- Zdravko Čolić, musician
- Goran Bregović, musician
- Duško Trifunović, writer
- Ognjen Koroman, football player
- Vojislav Šešelj, politician
[edit] Demographic history
The Serb population of the district of Sarajevo, according to the 1921 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes religious population census, amounted to 56.3%. In 1921 there were 8 municipalities Serbs comprised a majority in 5 municipalities: Ilidža, Koševo, Pale, Rajlovac, and Trnovo. The same year the City of Sarajevo had 78,173 inhabitants, of whom 18,630 (23.8%) were Serbian Orthodox Christians.
In 1991, there were 157,526 Serbs in Sarajevo and they made up about a third of the city's population. Their current proportion in the city's population is estimated at 5-12%, although no census has been conducted since the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
