Editing Mostar (section)

{{Short description|City in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{About|the city in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{Distinguish|Mosta}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement-->
| name                     = Mostar
| native_name              = Мостар
| official_name            = ''Grad Mostar''<br />Град Мостар<br />City of Mostar
| etymology                = {{langx|bs|mostar|lit=bridge keeper}}
| settlement_type          = [[List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina|City]]
| image_skyline = {{multiple image
| border = infobox
| perrow = 1/3/2/2
| total_width = 280
| align = center
| caption_align = center
| image1 = Stari Most viewed from North.jpg
| caption1 = [[Stari Most]] with Mostar skyline
| image2 = Mostar Peace Bell Tower 02.jpg
| caption2 = [[Church of St. Peter and Paul, Mostar|Peace Bell Tower]]
| image3 = Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Mostar 01.jpg
| caption3 = Pasha Mosque
| image4 = Mostar Bazar.jpg
| caption4 = Mostar bazar
| image5 = Mostar Old Gymnasium.JPG
| caption5 = [[Gimnazija Mostar|Mostar Gymnasium]]
| image6 = Mostar viewing platform.jpg
| caption6 = Mostar observation platform
}}
| image_flag               = Flag of Mostar.svg
| image_shield             = Coat of arms of Mostar.svg
| image_map                = Location Mostar.svg
| map_caption              = Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar)
| image_map1 = {{infobox mapframe}}
| pushpin_map              = <!-- Bosnia and Herzegovina -->
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location of Mostar
| coordinates              = {{coord|43|20|37|N|17|48|27|E|region:BA|display=it}}
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{BIH}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Entity]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Canton]]
| subdivision_name2        = {{flag|Herzegovina-Neretva}}
| subdivision_type3        = Geographical [[region]]
| subdivision_name3        = [[Herzegovina]]
| established_title        = Founded
| established_date         = 1452
| leader_party             = [[Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina|HDZ BiH]]
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = [[Mario Kordić]]
| area_total_km2           = 1165.63
| elevation_m              = 60
| population_total         = 113169
| population_urban         = 60195
| population_density_km2   = auto
| postal_code_type         = 
| postal_code              = 88000
| area_code                = +387 (0) 36
| website                  = {{URL|www.mostar.ba}}
| timezone                 = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset               = +1
| timezone_DST             = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST           = +2
}}

'''Mostar''' ({{IPA|sh|mǒstaːr|pron|bs-Mostar.ogg}}{{efn|In English, various phonetic renderings are used, some of them deviating from the initial stress of the native pronunciation. In [[British English]], both {{IPAc-en|||m|ɒ|ˈ|s|t|ɑːr}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/mostar |title=Mostar |work=[[Collins English Dictionary]] |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |access-date=2 July 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702170327/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/mostar |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Mostar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182738/https://www.lexico.com/definition/mostar |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=Mostar |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> and {{IPAc-en||ˈ|m|ɒ|s|t|ɑːr}}<ref>{{Cite LPD|3}}</ref> are used. In [[American English]], initially stressed {{IPAc-en||ˈ|m|oʊ|s|t|ɑːr|,_|ˈ|m|ɔː|s|-}}<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary |Mostar |access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster |Mostar |access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref> predominates.}}) is a city and the administrative centre of [[Herzegovina-Neretva Canton]] of the [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], an entity of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]],<ref name="ALDA 2021">{{cite web |title=Mostar |website=ALDA |date=2021-05-12 |url=https://www.alda-europe.eu/partner-socio/mostar-municipality/ |access-date=2021-06-17 |archive-date=2021-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195942/https://www.alda-europe.eu/partner-socio/mostar-municipality/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the historical capital of [[Herzegovina]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Mostar}}</ref>

Mostar is situated on the [[Neretva River]] and is the fifth-largest city in the country.<ref name="Altınel 2021">{{cite web |last=Altınel |first=Esra Gizem |title=Bosnia-Herzegovina: The green paradise of the Balkans |website=Daily Sabah |date=2021-05-07 |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/bosnia-herzegovina-the-green-paradise-of-the-balkans |access-date=2021-06-17 |archive-date=2021-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622021347/https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/bosnia-herzegovina-the-green-paradise-of-the-balkans |url-status=live }}</ref> Mostar was named after the bridge keepers (''mostari'') who guarded the [[Stari Most]] (Old Bridge) over the Neretva during the [[Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina|Ottoman]] era.<ref name="Centre 2017">{{cite web |last=Centre |first=UNESCO World Heritage |title=Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |date=2017-10-11 |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/946/ |language=la |access-date=2021-06-17 |archive-date=2021-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620091751/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/946 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Old Bridge, a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]],<ref name="whc.unesco.org"/> commissioned by [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] in the 16th century, is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most visited landmarks, and is considered an exemplary piece of [[Islamic architecture]] in the [[Balkans]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Kultura Bošnjaka: Muslimanska Komponenta |last=Balić |first=Smail |year=1973 |publisher=(Ungargasse 9/20: Balić) |location=Vienna |pages=32–34 |url=http://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/ocm09366935 |access-date=June 7, 2013 |archive-date=December 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213084818/http://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/ocm09366935 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Razvitak i postanak grada Mostara |last=Ćišić |first=Husein |publisher=Štamparija Mostar |page=22 |oclc=470710758}}</ref><ref name=Stratton>{{cite book |title=Sinan |year=1972 |isbn=978-0-684-12582-4 |last=Stratton |first=Arthur |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/sinan00stra}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Stover |first=Eric |title=My Neighbor, My Enemy: Justice and Community in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity |url=https://archive.org/details/myneighbormyenem00stov |url-access=limited |year=2004 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK |page=[https://archive.org/details/myneighbormyenem00stov/page/n171 151] |author2=Harvey M. Weinstein |quote=The bridge, built in 1566, was considered a masterpiece of Islamic architecture and a unique symbol of an undivided city.}}</ref>