SAO Romanija

SAO Romanija
САО Романија/SAO Romanija
1991–1992
Coat of arms
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.