Balatun

Balatun
Village
Balatun
Coordinates: 44°51′46.08″N 19°20′29.04″E / 44.8628000°N 19.3414000°E / 44.8628000; 19.3414000Coordinates: 44°51′46.08″N 19°20′29.04″E / 44.8628000°N 19.3414000°E / 44.8628000; 19.3414000
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
City Bijeljina
Population (2013)
 • Total 1,351
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 76300

Balatun (Serbian Cyrillic: Балатун) is a small village located north of the city of Bijeljina in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

On 24 and 25 September 1992, 22 Bosniaks including seven children were removed from their homes in the village of Bukreš and taken to Balatun where they were killed and thrown into the Drina river.[1]

Notable people

Balatun is the birthplace of Slobodan Pejić, a Bosnian painter and sculptor.

Notes

  1. ↑ Musli & 24 September 2011.

References

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