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{{Short description|Short-lived Serb break-away region in Yugoslavia}}
{{other uses|Romanija (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox country
| native_name = САО Романија/SAO Romanija
| conventional_long_name = SAO Romanija
| common_name     = SAO Romanija
| status          = Unrecognised
| status_text     = Self-proclaimed entity
| government_type = [[Provisional government]]
| era             = [[Breakup of Yugoslavia]]
| event_start     = 
| year_start      = 1991
| date_start      = 
| event_end       = 
| year_end        = 1992
| date_end        = 
| life_span       = 1991–1992
| event1          =  
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| p1              = Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| flag_p1         = Flag of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg
| p2              = 
| flag_p2         = 
| s1              = Republika Srpska (1992–95)
| flag_s1         = Flag of Republika Srpska.svg
| image_flag      = Flag of Republika Srpska.svg
| flag            = Flag of Republika Srpska
| image_coat      = Coat of arms of the Serbian Autonomous Oblasts.svg
| image_map       = SAO BIH 1991 1992.png
| capital         = [[Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Pale]]
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| coordinates                     = {{coord|43|48|43|N|18|34|16|E|region:BA|display=it}}
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The '''[[Serb Autonomous Regions|SAO]] of Romanija''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|САО Романија}}, {{lang-sr-Latn|SAO Romanija}}) was a self-proclaimed ethnic [[Serb Autonomous Regions|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.<ref>{{cite book|author=Geert-Hinrich Ahrens|title=Diplomacy on the Edge: Containment of Ethnic Conflict and the Minorities Working Group of the Conferences on Yugoslavia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3fLRcHYSVAC&pg=PA577|date=6 March 2007|publisher=Woodrow Wilson Center Press|isbn=978-0-8018-8557-0|pages=577–}}</ref>

==History==

It existed from 1991 to 1992 when it became part of [[Republika Srpska]].<ref>[http://terkepek.adatbank.transindex.ro/kepek/netre/289.gif Map]</ref> Actually it is related to the former [[Region of Sarajevo-Romanija]], inside the historical [[Romanija]]. Indeed it was established in September 1991 and was merged with '''SAO Birač''' in November 1991 to form the '''SAO Romanija-Birač'''.<ref name="ThomasPavlovic2013">{{cite book|author1=Nigel Thomas|author2=Darko Pavlovic|author3=K Mikulan|title=The Yugoslav Wars (2): Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia 1992-2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JLH8eMUp2u4C&pg=PA9|date=20 February 2013|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-4728-0196-8|pages=9–}}</ref><ref name="icty">[http://www.icty.org/x/cases/brdanin/tjug/en/brd-tj040901e.pdf ICTY - Radoslav Brdjanin verdict]</ref> In March 1992 the SAOs were unified into the Serb Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, renamed to [[Republika Srpska]] on 12 August.<ref name="ThomasPavlovic2013"/><ref name="BurgShoup1999">{{cite book |author1=Steven L. Burg |url=https://archive.org/details/warinbosniaherze00stev |title=The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention |author2=Paul S. Shoup |date=13 January 1999 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |isbn=978-0-7656-3189-3 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/warinbosniaherze00stev/page/74 74]– |url-access=registration}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[SAO Bosanska Krajina]]
*[[SAO North-Eastern Bosnia]]
*[[SAO Eastern Herzegovina]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://terkepek.adatbank.transindex.ro/kepek/netre/289.gif Map]

{{Bosnian War}}
{{Yugoslav wars}}
{{Yug-timeline}}

[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1992]]
[[Category:States and territories established in 1991]]
[[Category:History of Republika Srpska]]
[[Category:Separatism in Bosnia and Herzegovina]]