SAO Herzegovina
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Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Herzegovina Српска аутономна област Херцеговина Srpska autonomna oblast Hercegovina | |||||||||
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Status | Self-proclaimed entity | ||||||||
Capital | Trebinje![]() ![]() | ||||||||
Government | Provisional government | ||||||||
Historical era | Breakup of Yugoslavia | ||||||||
• Established | 1991 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1992 | ||||||||
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The SAO of Herzegovina (Serbian: Српска аутономна област Херцеговина, Srpska autonomna oblast Hercegovina) was a self-proclaimed Serbian Autonomous Oblast within today's Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was proclaimed by the Assembly of the Association of Municipalities of Bosnian Krajina in 1991[1] and was subsequently included into Republika Srpska. SAO Herzegovina was located in the geographical region of Herzegovina. It was also known as SAO Eastern Herzegovina (SAO Istočna Hercegovina / САО Источна Херцеговина).
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History[]
SAO Herzegovina was formed from the (a government in SFRY) known as Assembly of the Communities of East Herzegovina, which was formed on 27 May 1991. The SAO East and Old Herzegovina was established on September 12, 1991.[2] It consisted of East Herzegovina which had a Serb ethnic majority. Its capital was Trebinje.
See also[]
- SAO Romanija
- SAO North-Eastern Bosnia
- SAO Bosanska Krajina
References[]
- ^ "The Prosecutor of the Tribunal against Slobodan Milosevic – Indictment". International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ Steven L. Burg; Paul S. Shoup (13 January 1999). The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 73–. ISBN 978-0-7656-3189-3.
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