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. It is divided into the Čengić vila I and Čengić vila II units.

Čengić vila
Ченгић вила
Neighbourhood
A hardcourt by the neighbourhood's residential buildings
Coordinates: 43°50′34.71″N 18°20′53.28″E
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The neighbourhood's name Čengić derives from a family name, while Vila refers to a villa. Specifically, Dedaga Čengić[1] built his 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 9.286 residents.

References

  1. Hamdija Kreševljaković, "Čengići", Sarajevo 1959., str. 24. Sarajevski grafički zavod, 1959. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
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