Ilijaš is a municipality located north east of the inner city of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2002 census, the population of the municipality is at 15,277 residents. Ethnically, there is a majority of 13,401 Bosniaks (87.8%), 1,072 are Serbs (7%), 644 are Croats (4.2%), and 160 are classified as others (1%).
The municipality of IlijaÅ¡ is constructed by two parts. A town of IlijaÅ¡ and an upper municipality. The town of IlijaÅ¡ is completed by several places. The biggest and most urban is the center and it has about 10,000 residents, second is the neighborhood of MisoÄ?a, in the Bosnian language known as Naselje MisoÄ?a. It is the biggets community in the municipality of IlijaÅ¡ with 1500 residents. Ethnically, there is majority of Bosniaks of about 1300 people, 250 are Serbs, 50 are Croats, with none classified as others. Otherwise, the community of Misoća is known as the place with the first organized Bosnian defence against the Serbian aggresors.
Other places, of the municipality of Ilijaš, are Podlugovi, Lješevo, Stari Ilijaš and Malešići.
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