A lokacin Ottoman mamaye Bosnia, Musulmai, Serbian Orthodox, Roman Katolika, da Sephardi Yahudawa duk sun raba birnin yayin da suke riƙe da halaye na musamman. Sun shiga cikin ɗan gajeren lokacin da Austria-Hungary ta mallaki ƙananan 'yan Jamus, Hungary, Slovaks, Czechs da Ashkenazi Yahudawa. A shekara ta 1909, kimanin kashi 50% na mazaunan birnin sun kasance Musulmai, 25% sun kasance Katolika, 15% sun kasance Orthodox, kuma 10% sun kasance Yahudawa. Tarihi, Sarajevo ta kasance gida ga wasu shahararrun mawallafin Bosnian, masana kimiyya, masana falsafa, da marubuta. Don lissafa kaɗan kawai; Vladimir Prelog, wanda ya lashe kyautar Nobel, daga birnin ne, kamar yadda marubuci Zlatko Toprančić da mawaƙin Serbian Orthodox, Roman Katolika, da Sephardi Yahudawa suka raba birnin yayin da suke riƙe da halaye na musamman.
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