IstoÃÂno Novo Sarajevo (, lit. East New Sarajevo) is a municipality of the city of IstoÃÂno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the suburban part of Sarajevo, estimated that in 2022 it had a population of 12,552 inhabitants. The seat of the municipality is the neighborhood of Lukavica, where as well located many institutions of the city of IstoÃÂno Sarajevo.
It was created 1992. as the Srpska opà ¡tina Novo Sarajevo (Serbian Municipality of Novo Sarajevo) from part of the pre-war municipality of Novo Sarajevo (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the City of Sarajevo in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina). After the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the municipality changed name to Srpsko Novo Sarajevo (Serbian New Sarajevo). Following the decision on the name of the cities in 2004 by the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which outruled the use of the prefix Srpski (Serbian), the municipality 2005 was renamed IstoÃÂno Novo Sarajevo (East New Sarajevo). From 2004 to 2005 the municipality was used name Lukavica. With an area of 38 km<sup>2</sup>, it is territorially among the smallest municipalities in the Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In IstoÃÂno Novo Sarajevo there is one elementary school "Sveti Sava" (Grades 1âÂÂ9) and one high school "Srednja struÃÂna à ¡kola 28. Juni". Four faculties of the University of IstoÃÂno Sarajevo are situated in the municipality: the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Music Academy and Faculty of Agriculture. The National Theatre IstoÃÂno Sarajevo is also located in this municipality. On 27 June 2014, a statue to Gavrilo Princip was inaugurated in Lukavica. The city park (gradski park) was also named after Princip.
The municipality also hosts the headquarters of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) and the Institute for Textbooks and Teaching Aids of the Republika Srpska. IstoÃÂno Sarajevo City Administration building, the natural gas transportation and distribution company of IstoÃÂno Sarajevo, the heating plant and the water supply company of IstoÃÂno Sarajevo are also located in the IstoÃÂno Novo Sarajevo.
Municipality is one of the most developed municipalities in Republika Srpska. Also, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, IstoÃÂno Novo Sarajevo is one of most municipalities with the highest population growth.
The local football club is Slavija that plays in the second League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Basketball Club Slavija is a basketball club from the IstoÃÂno Novo Sarajevo that competes in the National Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also, IstoÃÂno Novo Sarajevo are homeplace of martial arts associations (Jujutsu, Judo, Karate, Kickboxing and Real Aikido)
The municipality of IstoÃÂno Novo Sarajevo consists of six settlements: Lukavica, Lukavica-Center, MiljeviÃÂi, PetroviÃÂi, Vraca and Toplik-Tilava. All institutions of municipality are located in Lukavica.
Municipal mayors were:
IstoÃÂno Novo Sarajevo is twinned with the following cities and municipalities: