List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Official cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sarajevo, the capital and largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo is also a metropolis.[1]
Banja Luka
Tuzla
Zenica
Mostar

This is a list of cities and towns with over 10,000 inhabitants (or lower if the municipality has over 20,000 inhabitants) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the full list of populated places, see List of populated places in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Organization

Apart from entities, cantons and municipalities, Bosnia and Herzegovina also has officially designated cities. Official cities have their own mayor and city council, which is a big difference to the municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which have a municipal council and mayor. Powers of city councils of official cities are between the government of municipalities and government cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina or a government entity in Republika Srpska. There are thirty five official cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (as of 2024):[2]

List

The list includes only the 55 cities and towns whose administrative area has a population greater than 20,000. Istočno Sarajevo, with a population of 61,516 in its administrative area, is not included, since it is a city only in administrative sense and does not have a city proper.

"¤" indicates an official city.

City / town Entity/Canton Administrative / municipal Settlement
Rank 2013 pop.[3] 1991 pop.[4] Rank 2013 pop.
Sarajevo ¤ Sarajevo Canton
1
 275,524[a] 361,735[b]
1
 271,194
Banja Luka ¤ Republika Srpska
2
 185,042 195,692
2
 138,963
Tuzla ¤ Tuzla Canton
3
 110,979 131,618
3
 74,457
Zenica ¤ Zenica-Doboj Canton
4
 110,663 145,517
4
 70,553
Bijeljina ¤ Republika Srpska
5
 107,715 96,988
7
 45,278
Mostar ¤ Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
6
 105,797 126,628
6
 60,195
Prijedor ¤ Republika Srpska
7
 89,397 112,543
10
 29,555
Brčko ¤ Brčko District
8
 83,516 87,627
8
 39,893
Doboj ¤ Republika Srpska
9
 71,441 102,549
11
 25,132
Ilidža Sarajevo Canton
10
 66,730 67,937
5
 63,528
Cazin ¤ Una-Sana Canton
11
 66,149 63,409
18
 13,863
Zvornik ¤ Republika Srpska
12
 58,856 81,295
26
 11,497
Živinice ¤ Tuzla Canton
13
 57,765 54,783
14
 16,157
Bihać ¤ Una-Sana Canton
14
 56,261 70,732
9
 39,690
Travnik Central Bosnia Canton
15
 53,482 70,747
16
 15,344
Gradiška ¤ Republika Srpska
16
 51,727 59,974
17
 14,368
Gračanica ¤ Tuzla Canton
17
 45,220 59,134
20
 12,882
Lukavac ¤ Tuzla Canton
18
 44,520 57,070
22
 12,061
Tešanj Zenica-Doboj Canton
19
 43,063 48,480
50
 5,257
Sanski Most Una-Sana Canton
20
 41,475 60,307
13
 16,913
Velika Kladuša Una-Sana Canton
21
 40,419 52,908
53
 4,520
Visoko ¤ Zenica-Doboj Canton
22
 39,938 46,160
27
 11,205
Srebrenik ¤ Tuzla Canton
23
 39,678 40,896
40
 6,694
Gradačac ¤ Tuzla Canton
24
 39,340 56,581
21
 12,764
Teslić Republika Srpska
25
 38,536 59,584
39
 7,057
Kakanj Zenica-Doboj Canton
26
 37,441 55,950
24
 11,796
Zavidovići ¤ Zenica-Doboj Canton
27
 35,988 57,164
34
 8,174
Prnjavor ¤ Republika Srpska
28
 35,956 47,055
35
 8,120
Laktaši ¤ Republika Srpska
29
 34,966 29,832
49
 5,419
Livno ¤ Canton 10
30
 34,133 40,600
36
 7,927
Kalesija Tuzla Canton
31
 33,053 41,809
56
 2,039
Tomislavgrad Canton 10
32
 31,592 30,009
47
 5,587
Bugojno Central Bosnia Canton
33
 31,470 46,889
15
 15,555
Žepče Zenica-Doboj Canton
34
 30,219 22,966
48
 5,460
Trebinje ¤ Republika Srpska
35
 29,918 30,966
12
 23,770
Široki Brijeg ¤ West Herzegovina Canton
36
 28,929 27,160
44
 6,149
Ljubuški ¤ West Herzegovina Canton
37
 28,184 28,340
54
 4,023
Derventa ¤ Republika Srpska
38
 27,404 56,489
25
 11,631
Jajce Central Bosnia Canton
39
 27,258 45,007
38
 7,172
Novi Grad Republika Srpska
40
 27,115 41,665
31
 10,120
Čapljina ¤ Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
41
 26,157 27,882
46
 5,774
Vitez Central Bosnia Canton
42
 25,836 27,859
42
 6,329
Modriča Republika Srpska
43
 25,720 35,613
32
 9,419
Bosanska Krupa ¤ Una-Sana Canton
44
 25,545 58,320
30
 10,196
Konjic ¤ Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
45
 25,148 43,878
28
 10,732
Hadžići Sarajevo Canton
46
 23,891 24,200
51
 4,993
Novi Travnik ¤ Central Bosnia Canton
47
 23,832 30,713
33
 9,008
Maglaj Zenica-Doboj Canton
48
 23,146 43,388
45
 6,099
Banovići Tuzla Canton
49
 22,773 26,590
41
 6,432
Kozarska Dubica Republika Srpska
50
 21,524 31,606
29
 10,544
Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje Central Bosnia Canton
51
 20,933 25,181
52
 4,831
Pale Republika Srpska
52
 20,909 16,355
19
 12,905
Goražde ¤ Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde
53
 20,897 37,573
23
 11,806
Kiseljak Central Bosnia Canton
54
 20,722 24,164
55
 3,554
Posušje West Herzegovina Canton
55
 20,477 17,134
43
 6,267
Panoramic view of Sarajevo.

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Bosnian) "Prostorni plan Kantona Sarajevo za period od 2003. do 2023. godine" Archived 2018-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Žunić, Nihad (2024-07-19). "Koliko je teško dobiti status grada u BiH i šta to konkretno znači". Klix.ba (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  3. ^ "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013 census". Retrieved September 15, 2020.

Notes

  1. ^ Population of municipalities of Centar, Novi Grad, Novo Sarajevo and Stari Grad which form the City of Sarajevo
  2. ^ In 1991, the City of Sarajevo consisted of municipalities of Centar, Novi Grad, Novo Sarajevo, Stari Grad, Ilidža, Vogošća, Hadžići, Ilijaš, Pale and Trnovo. This number of inhabitants includes only the current municipalities.
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