Ilijaš

Ilijaš is a town and municipality located in Sarajevo Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located northwest of the inner city of Sarajevo and was established in May 1952 with the organization of people's committees. Those local people's committees founded the local municipalities, which led to the self-management of the municipalities, including the municipality of Ilijaš.
History
In the early Middle Ages close to the river Bosna and Vogoščica, the district Vogošća, or Vidogošća, was formed. Some later events that are tied to the Ottoman period came to the formation of džemats, nahiyahs, and sanjaks. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were 20 džemats in the Sarajevo Nahiyah: Butmir, Kijevo, Presjenica, Sudići, Trnovo, Zijamet Crna Rijeka, Pale, Mokro with Bobogovićima, Kriva Rijeka, Srednje, Čifluk Crna Rijeka, Rakova Noga, Vogošća, Nahorevo, Kulijes, Rakovica, Hadžići, Drozgometva, Pazarić and the villages of Luka and Žeravica.
The occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Austro-Hungarian Empire led to many changes which manifested in administrative and political changes. The territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided into districts and further divided into counties. The counties were divided into municipalities, instead of džemats, and they were furthermore divided into mahallahs and hamlets while the functions of the muhtars and village chiefs remained the same. The modern municipality of Ilijaš at that time was divided into the Sarajevo and Visoko counties and the boundary line between those two counties was the Povučje stream and the hill Bukovac which was between the stream and Ljubina.
The administrative division of Bosnia and Herzegovina until the formation of bans in 1929 remained the same even during the Austro-Hungarian occupation. In 1922, oblasts were formed instead of districts. Everything remained the same until 1941. After the liberation of the temporary national assembly of the Federal Bosnia and Herzegovina, the assembly's first session in August 1945 brought up the law of the territorial division of Bosnia and Herzegovina into districts, counties, and areas of local people's committees and their headquarters.
Demographics
The municipality of Ilijaš is composed of two parts, the town of Ilijaš and the upper municipality. The town of Ilijaš is composed of several localities. The biggest and most urban is the center and which has about 10,000 residents, the second is the Misoča settlement (Naselje Misoča), with 1,500 residents. Ethnically, there is a majority of Bosniaks with about 1,300 people, 250 are Serbs, 50 are Croats, with none classified as others. Other places, in the municipality of Ilijaš, are Podlugovi, Lješevo, Stari Ilijaš, and Malešići.
1971
According to the 1971 population census there were 23,007 residents.
Serbs – 10,941 (47.55%)
Bosniaks – 9,187 (39.93%)
Croats – 2,172 (9.44%)
Yugoslavs – 400 (1.73%)
others – 307 (1.35%)
1991
According to the 1991 population census there were 25,184 residents.
Serbs – 11,325 (44.96%)
Bosniaks – 10,585 (42.03%)
Croats – 1,736 (6.89%)
Yugoslavs – 1,167 (4.63%)
others – 371 (1.47%)
2013
According to the 2013 population census there were 19,603 residents, 4,921 of them in Ilijaš town.
Bosniaks – 18,151 (92.6%)
Serbs – 421 (2.1%)
Croats – 382 (1.9%)
others – 649 (3.3%)
Settlements
Balibegovići
Banjer
Bokšići
Buljetovina
Čemernica
Četojevići
Donja Bioča
Donja Misoča
Donje Selo
Donji Čevljanovići
Dragoradi
Draževići
Duboki Potok
Duševine
Gajevi
Gajine
Gojanovići
Gornja Bioča
Gornja Misoča
Gornji Čevljanovići
Hadžići
Han Karaula
Han Šići
Homar
Ilijaš
Ivančići
Kadarići
Kamenica
Karaula
Korita
Košare
Kožlje
Krčevine
Krivajevići
Kunosići
Lađevići
Lipnik
Luka
Luka kod Stublina
Lješevo
Ljubina
Ljubnići
Malešići
Medojevići
Moševići
Mrakovo
Nišići
Odžak
Ozren
Podlipnik
Podlugovi
Popovići
Rakova Noga
Ribarići
Rudnik Čevljanovići
Solakovići
Sovrle
Srednje
Stomorine
Stubline
Sudići
Šabanci
Taračin Do
Velika Njiva
Vidotina
Vilić
Visojevica
Višnjica
Vladojevići
Vlaškovo
Vrutci
Vukasovići
Zakutnica
Zlotege
Twin towns - sister cities
Ilijaš is twinned with:
Bayraklı, Turkey
See also
Bijambare
Misoča
Sarajevo
Sarajevo Canton
Vukasovići
Srednje
References
External links
Ilijaš - Official website of the town.
Populated places in Ilijaš