Romanija

Romanija
Romanija
Романија
	Landscape in the Romanija mountain
Highest point
Elevation	1,652 m (5,420 ft)
Coordinates	43°51′36″N 18°40′12″E / 43.86000°N 18.67000°E
Geography
	Romanija Location of Romanija
Location	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Parent range	Dinaric Alps

Romanija (Serbian Cyrillic: Романија) is a mountain, karst plateau, and geographical region in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, including numerous villages and towns, such as Pale, Sokolac, Rogatica and Han Pijesak. Its highest point is Veliki Lupoglav (1,629).^[1]

A football club from the neighbouring town of Pale bears its name, FK Romanija.

History

The region is north of Sarajevo and local features include the "Romanija Mountains" and "Romanija Planina".

Administratively the region was part of the Republika Srpska's region called: Region Sarajevo-Romanija^[2] (formerly SAO Romanija).^[3]

Bosnian region of Romanija

In 1991-1992 there was the so-called "Bosnian Region of Romanija" ("Srpska autonomna oblast Romanija"), an autonomous region created by the Serbs, which was part of the Bosnian Serb republic during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War.^[4]

From November 1991, this region was expanded by the addition of the Serbian area of Birac (located around the town of Vlasenica) and placed under the presidency of Drago Blagojevic, and by 1992 it was incorporated into the Republika Srpska.^[5]