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Istočno Novo Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Источно Ново Сарајево), is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was created from part of the pre-war municipality of Novo Sarajevo (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
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East New Sarajevo is one of the six municipalities of the City of East Sarajevo (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: Grad Istočno Sarajevo; Serbian Cyrillic: Град Источно Сарајево).
Etymology
The municipality was formerly known as Srpsko Novo Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Српско Ново Сарајево) and Lukavica (Serbian Cyrillic: Лукавица).
Education
In East New Sarajevo there is one elementary school "Sveti Sava" (Grades 1–9) and one high school "Srednja stručna škola 28. Juni". Four faculties of the University of East Sarajevo are situated in the municipality. These are the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Music Academy and Faculty of Agriculture.
Sport
The local football club is Slavija Istočno Sarajevo that plays in the second League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Basketball Club Slavija is a basketball club from the City of East Sarajevo (East New Sarajevo municipality) that competes in the National Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.