Nova Kasaba
Nova Kasaba
Hoвa Кacaбa | |
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Townscape of Nova Kasaba in 2024 | |
Location of Nova Kasaba within Republika Srpska (blue), Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Coordinates: 44°12′53″N 19°6′28″E / 44.21472°N 19.10778°E 44°12′53″N 19°6′28″E / 44.21472°N 19.10778°E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Milići |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 558 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 56 |
Nova Kasaba (Serbian Cyrillic: Hoвa Кacaбa) is a Bosniak-majority town in Republika Srpska, in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the main route from Belgrade to Sarajevo, along the Jadar river. The town was built around the Musa Pasha Mosque, a protected national monument of Republika Srpska. As of 2013, it had a population of 558 people.
In 1992, during the Bosnian War and genocide, Nova Kasaba was the site of a massacre of Bosniak men and boys. The football stadium in the town was also used as a temporary holding place for victims of the Srebrenica massacre.