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

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