Official cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
This is a list ofcities andtowns with over 10,000 inhabitants (or lower if the municipality has over 20,000 inhabitants) inBosnia and Herzegovina . For the full list of populated places, seeList of populated places in Bosnia and Herzegovina .
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 theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina or a government entity inRepublika Srpska . There are thirty five official cities inBosnia and Herzegovina (as of 2024):[ 1]
Sarajevo , the capital and largest city in Bosnia and HerzegovinaBanja Luka Tuzla Zenica Bijeljina Mostar 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.[ 2] 1991 pop.[ 3] 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
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^ Population of municipalities ofCentar ,Novi Grad ,Novo Sarajevo andStari Grad which form the City of Sarajevo ^ In 1991, the City of Sarajevo consisted of municipalities ofCentar ,Novi Grad ,Novo Sarajevo ,Stari Grad ,Ilidža ,Vogošća ,Hadžići ,Ilijaš ,Pale andTrnovo . This number of inhabitants includes only the current municipalities.
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