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East Sarajevo lies in the south-western part of the Sarajevo valley, in the middle of the Dinaric Alps. The city is surrounded by heavily forested hills and five mountains.

The City of Istočno Sarajevo consists of six Municipalities of BiH: Istočna Ilidža, Istočno Novo Sarajevo, Istočni Stari Grad, Pale, Trnovo and Sokolac.

The city of East Sarajevo is the administrative, industrial, commercial, financial and cultural center of the eastern part of Republika Srpska.

East Sarajevo has a mild continental climate, lying between the climate zones of central Europe. The average yearly temperature is 9.5°C

The municipality of Istočni Stari Grad is located in the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the central-eastern part of the Republika Srpska.

The cable car connects Trebević with Sarajevo, and visitors need less than eight minutes to get to Trebević from the center of Sarajevo.

Within the municipality of Istočni Stari Grad, there are four local communities formed of populated areas: Vučija Luka, Hreša, Bulozi i Trebević.

Starting from the fact that the population density is below 20 inhabitants per km, the municipality belongs to the sparsely populated municipalities.

Jahorina is a mountain located between of the municipalities of Pale, Trnovo, Republika Srpska and Trnovo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Jahorina is 30 kilometers long mountain range, from Sarajevo it is distanced 28, from Banja Luka 200, of Belgrade 320, and 350 kilometers from Zagreb.

The largest and the most popular Jahorina ski resort, located on the mountain, hosted the women’s alpine skiing events of the 1984 Winter Olympics.

The average number of days with snow cover on Jahorina is 175, from October to the end of May. The ten-year average height of the snow cover in February is 106 cm.

The municipality covers an area of ​​492.8 km2. The river Miljacka springs in the area of ​​the municipality, and there is a cave Orlovača.

There are ten local communities in the municipality of Pale: Station Pale, Obilićevo, Repca, Prača, Podgrab, Koran, Pale, Jasik, Brezovice and Mokro.

Ski center “Ravna planina” is located in the village of Gornje Pale, 20 kilometers from Sarajevo and two kilometers from the center of Pale.

According to the data of the Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the 2013 census, 22,282 persons were registered in the municipality.