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The Miljacka is a river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...
 that passes through Sarajevo
Sarajevo

Sarajevo is the Capital and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,065 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 419,030 people in the Sarajevo Canton ....
 and East Sarajevo. It is famous for being "Sarajevo's River", and it has come to be identified immediately with the city itself.

The Miljacka is a tributary of the Bosna river. Its spring is in the town of Pale
Pale (town)

Pale is a town and a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located southeast of Bosnia's capital Sarajevo. The municipality of Pale is one of the six municipalities of the City of Istocno Sarajevo....
, part of the City of East Sarajevo
Istocno Sarajevo

Istocno Sarajevo is de jure capital of the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina adjacent to Bosnia and Herzegovinas capital Sarajevo to its northeast....
, several kilometers to the east of Sarajevo.






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Miljacka River
The Miljacka is a river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...
 that passes through Sarajevo
Sarajevo

Sarajevo is the Capital and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,065 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 419,030 people in the Sarajevo Canton ....
 and East Sarajevo. It is famous for being "Sarajevo's River", and it has come to be identified immediately with the city itself.

The Miljacka is a tributary of the Bosna river. Its spring is in the town of Pale
Pale (town)

Pale is a town and a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located southeast of Bosnia's capital Sarajevo. The municipality of Pale is one of the six municipalities of the City of Istocno Sarajevo....
, part of the City of East Sarajevo
Istocno Sarajevo

Istocno Sarajevo is de jure capital of the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina adjacent to Bosnia and Herzegovinas capital Sarajevo to its northeast....
, several kilometers to the east of Sarajevo. The Miljacka thus flows from the east to the west.

The Miljacka is known for its peculiar smell and brown waters, but is nonetheless loved by the residents of Sarajevo
Sarajevo

Sarajevo is the Capital and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,065 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 419,030 people in the Sarajevo Canton ....
. Several famous bridge
Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, Rail tracks, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle....
s span it, including the Latin Bridge
Latin Bridge in Sarajevo

Latin Bridge , is a historic bridge over the River Miljacka in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The northern end of the bridge was the site of Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip in 1914, which became a casus belli of World War I and the Long War ....
 close to which the infamous assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria by Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip

Gavrilo Princip was a Yugoslav nationalist associated with the freedom movement Young Bosnia. Princip Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914....
 was performed. It was because of the shallowness of the river that the first assassin was caught (he jumped into the 4-inch deep river.)

Miljacka bridges


Today there are 22 bridges over Miljacka river.