Žepa

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Žepa is a small town in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina that became known as a UN-declared "safe area" and site of a tragic episode during the Bosnian War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf populated place in Bosnia and Herzegovina
settlement
village
associatedEvent Fall of Žepa
associatedWithLiterature Ivo Andrić’s works
bridgeCrosses Žepa River
bridgeDesign stone arch bridge
capturedBy Army of Republika Srpska
conflict Bosnian War
conflictPeriod 1992–1995 Bosnian War
linked to: Bosnian War
country Bosnia and Herzegovina
defendedBy Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
ethnicCleansingContext Bosnian War atrocities against Bosniaks
fallOfZepaDate July 1995
governedByPostWarEntity Republika Srpska
governedByPostWarState Bosnia and Herzegovina
governedByPreWar Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
hasCoordinateRegion Balkans
hasMemorialType war memorials
historicalPopulationMajority Bosniaks
languageSpoken Bosnian
Serbian
linked to: Serbian language
locatedIn eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
locatedInEntity Republika Srpska
locatedInMunicipality Rogatica
locatedOnContinent Europe
locatedOnRiver Žepa River
nearbyCity Goražde
Višegrad
nearbyTown Srebrenica
notableStructure Žepa bridge
partOfHistoricalRegion Bosnia
partOfRegion Podrinje
postWarReturnOfDisplacedPersons partial
relatedEvent Srebrenica genocide
relatedMassAtrocityContext Bosnian genocide
religionHistoricallyPresent Eastern Orthodoxy
Islam
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
transportConnection regional roads of eastern Bosnia
tributaryOf Drina River
linked to: Drina
underSiegeDuring Bosnian War
UNProtectionForcePresence United Nations Protection Force
UNSafeAreaDeclaredBy United Nations Security Council
UNSafeAreaResolution UN Security Council Resolution 824
UNSafeAreaResolutionDate 6 May 1993
UNStatusDuringBosnianWar UN-declared safe area

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