Srebrenica

Srebrenica is a town in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Republika Srpska entity. It is a small mountain town, its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa.

The town's surroundings were the site of the Srebrenica Massacre in 1995 of thousands of Bosniaks by Bosnian Serbs.

The town contains a memorial cemetery which was unveiled by former US President Bill Clinton in 2003.

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Banja Luka \| Bihać \| Bijeljina \| Bosanska Gradiška \| Bosanska Krupa \| Brčko \| Bugojno \| Cazin \| Derventa \| Doboj \| Foča \| Gračanica \| Gradačac \| Kakanj \| Ilidža \| Livno \| Lukavac \| Mostar \| Neum \| Prijedor \| Sanski Most \| Sarajevo \| Srebrenica \| Teslić \| Tešanj \| Travnik \| Trebinje \| Tuzla \| Velika Kladuša \| Visoko \| Zavidovići \| Zenica \| Zvornik \| Živinice

Last updated: 05-03-2005 17:50:55

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