Balatun

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Balatun ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Балатун}}) is a small village located north of the city of Bijeljina in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics)

According to the 2013 census, its population was 1,286.{{cite web|title=Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013|url=http://www.statistika.ba/?show=12&id=30163|publisher=Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina|accessdate=May 21, 2022|language=Bosnian}}

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|+ Ethnicity in 2013

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Serbs1.27799.30%
Croats70.54%
other/undeclared20.16%
Total1.286100%

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.{{sfn|Musli|24 September 2011}}

Notable people

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

Notes

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References

  • {{cite news

| last = Musli

| first = Emir

| title = Zločin bez kazne

|trans-title=Crime Without Punishment

| newspaper = Deutsche Welle

| language = Serbo-Croatian

| date = 24 September 2011

| url = http://www.dw.de/zlo%C4%8Din-bez-kazne/a-15413852-0

| ref = {{harvid|Musli|24 September 2011}}

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