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Srebrenica | |
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Town and municipality | |
 View of Srebrenica (2017) | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Srebrenica within Republika Srpska | |
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| Coordinates: 44°06′15″N 19°17′50″E / 44.10417°N 19.29722°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity |  Republika Srpska |
| Geographical region | Podrinje |
| Boroughs | 81 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Miloš Vučić (SNSD) |
| Area | |
| • Town | 2.62 km2 (1.01 sq mi) |
| • Municipality | 529.83 km2 (204.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Town | 2,607 |
| • Town density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| • Municipality | 13,409 |
| • Municipality density | 25/km2 (66/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 56 |
| Website | www |
Srebrenica (Serbian Cyrillic: Сребреница, pronounced [srêbrenitsa]) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a small mountain town, with its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa.
During the Bosnian War in 1995, Srebrenica was the site of genocidal killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys, which was subsequently designated as an act of genocide by the ICTY and the International Court of Justice. Perpetrated by units of the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska under Ratko Mladić, though the Serb paramilitary unit Scorpions also participated.
As of 2013, the town has a population of 2,607 inhabitants, while the municipality has 13,409 inhabitants. Before the war, the municipality's Bosniak population was 27,542 (75.12%) and the Serb population was 8,315 (22.68%). As of 2013, the equivalent figures were 7,248 Bosniaks (54.05%) and 6,028 Serbs (44.95%).