Istocno Sarajevo (;
trans.
East Sarajevo) is the eastern part of
Sarajevo city. East Sarajevo consists of a few pre-war suburban parts of Sarajevo which are now in the
Republika Srpska entity, and newly built areas. At about 1450 km
2, it is one of the biggest cities in the
Balkans in terms of area, because it consists of some towns and villages of the pre-war Sarajevan suburbs in that area. As of the 2013 census, East Sarajevo has 76,659 inhabitants. It is a part of the Sarajevo Metropolitan Area.