Ključ
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| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation |
| Canton | Una-Sana |
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| - Municipality president | Osman Ćehajić (SDA) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 16,020 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | +3873766XXXX |
| Website | http://www.opcina-kljuc.ba |
Ključ is a town and municipality by the same name in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, specifically the Una-Sana Canton. The name of the town and the municipality translates to "Key" in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian.
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[edit] Geography
It is located a short distance south from Sanski Most. The Sana River runs through the municipality. The terrain is heavily forested.
[edit] Economy
The area is connected to other parts of Bosnia by the M-5 highway. Forestry, light industry and tourism are major components of the economy.
[edit] History
Human settlements have existed in the area long before the Roman Era. The town itself is first mentioned in 1322 in the documents of ban Stjepan II Kotromanić. It was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1463 as the last Royal Bosnian forteress. During the aggression on Bosnia by the Serbian nationalists (1992-1995), the entire pre-war municipality of Ključ (Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina) was ethnically cleansed for non-Serbs by the Serb nationalists. The Serb nationalists killed several hundreds of persons at the area of the the entire pre-war municipality of Ključ.Today this killings/the ethnic cleansing are cases in International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After Dayton agreement, the pre-war municipality was divided between Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.
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