|stroke-color=}} |stroke-width=}} |shape-fill=}} }}}} | map_caption = Interactive map outlining Sarajevo | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Bosnia and Herzegovina##Location within Europe | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map = Bosnia and Herzegovina#Balkans#Europe | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Entity | subdivision_name1 = Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | subdivision_type2 = Canton | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = Municipalities: | subdivision_name3 = 4 | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1461 | governing_body = Sarajevo City Council | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Benjamina Karić | leader_party = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 141.5 | area_urban_km2 = 419.16 | area_metro_km2 = 3350 | elevation_m = 550 | population_as_of = 2013 census | population_footnotes = | total_type = City proper | population_total = 275,524 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = 419,957 | population_density_urban_km2 = auto | population_metro = 555,210 | population_density_metro_km2 = auto | population_blank2_title = Demonym | population_blank2 = | population_note = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 71000 | area_code = +387 33 | website = | footnotes = | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | population_est = }} Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo Canton, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants. Located within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of the Balkans, a region of Southern Europe.