Breza (Serbian Cyrillic: Бреза) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is famous for mining and production of coal.
Breza as a settlement was first time mentioned in documents dating from the 2nd century as Hedum Kastelum (Inhabited Castle).
The ancient town was the capital of the infamous Daesitiates, an Ilyrian tribe which had most of the territory of modern central Bosnia under control before being crushed by the Romans.
[citation needed] The town is also famous for many local volleyball and basketball clubs.