Romanija

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.

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

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

[3] 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.

1890 Map showing the "Romanija mountains" just north of Sarajevo and next to the Stari Vlah region in western Serbia
Tomb in Radimlja ( stećak ), with a man in a kilt, probably a Vlach
Autonomous Serbian Region Romanija (1991-1992)