Balatun

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Village in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Balatun Балатун (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
Balatun is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina Balatun Balatun
Coordinates: 44°51′46.08′′N 19°20′29.04′′E / 44.8628000°N 19.3414000°E / 44.8628000; 19.3414000
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
City	Bijeljina
Population (2013)
• Total	1,351
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	76300

Balatun (Serbian Cyrillic: Балатун) is a small village located north of the city of Bijeljina in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics)

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According to the 2013 census, its population was 1,286.^[1]

Ethnicity in 2013
Ethnicity	Number	Percentage
Serbs	1.277	99.30%
Croats	7	0.54%
other/undeclared	2	0.16%
Total	1.286	100%

History

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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.^[2]