SAO Romanija

SAO Romanija
САО Романија/SAO Romanija
1991–1992
Flag of SAO Romanija
Location of SAO Romanija
StatusSelf-proclaimed entity
CapitalPale
43°48′43″N 18°34′16″E / 43.81194°N 18.57111°E / 43.81194; 18.57111
GovernmentProvisional government
Historical eraBreakup of Yugoslavia
• Established
1991
• Disestablished
1992
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Republika Srpska (1992–95)

The SAO of Romanija (Serbian Cyrillic: САО Романија, Serbian: SAO Romanija) was a self-proclaimed ethnic Serb autonomous region within SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in the prelude to the Bosnian War. It was named after the Romanija mountain. It included parts of three municipalities with a population of 37,000.[1]

  1. ^ Geert-Hinrich Ahrens (6 March 2007). Diplomacy on the Edge: Containment of Ethnic Conflict and the Minorities Working Group of the Conferences on Yugoslavia. Woodrow Wilson Center Press. pp. 577–. ISBN 978-0-8018-8557-0.