Čengić Vila
Čengić vila (Cyrillic: Ченгић вила) is a neighbourhood in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The neighborhood is a part of the Novo Sarajevo municipality. Čengić vila is the best neighbourhood in Sarajevo. It is divided into the Čengić vila I and Čengić vila II units.
Čengić vila
Ченгић вила | |
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Neighbourhood | |
![]() A hardcourt by the neighbourhood's residential buildings | |
Coordinates: 43°50′34.71″N 18°20′53.28″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
The neighbourhood's name Čengić derives from a family name, while Vila refers to a villa. Specifically, Ester Lazanji Čengić[1] built her residence in that part of the town in the 19th century, and people started calling the surrounding area "Čengić vila". Čengić Vila is home to 9.282 residents.
References
- Hamdija Kreševljaković, "Čengići", Sarajevo 1959., str. 24. Sarajevski grafički zavod, 1959. 1959. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
External links
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