Sarajevo yana kusa da cibiyar lissafi na Bosnia-Herzegovina mai siffar triangular kuma a cikin yankin tarihi na Bosnia daidai. Yana da mita 518 (1,699 ft) sama da matakin teku kuma yana kwance a cikin kwarin Sarajevo, a tsakiyar Dinaric Alps. Kwarin da kansa ya kasance babban yanki ne na kore, amma ya ba da damar fadada birane da ci gaba a zamanin bayan yakin duniya na biyu. Birnin yana kewaye da tuddai masu gandun daji da manyan duwatsu biyar. Mafi girman tsaunukan da ke kewaye shi ne Treskavica a mita 2,088 (6,850 ft), sannan dutsen Bjelašnica a mita 2,067 (6,781 ft), a mita 1,913 (6,276 ft), a mita 1,627 (5,827 ft), tare da mita 1,282 (4,933 ft) a tsakiyar tsaunukan tsaunuka.
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