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SAO Herzegovina

Serbian Autonomous Oblast
of Herzegovina
Српска аутономна област Херцеговина
Srpska autonomna oblast Hercegovina
1991–1992
Coat of arms of SAO Herzegovina
Coat of arms
Location of SAO Herzegovina
StatusSelf-proclaimed entity
CapitalTrebinje
42°42′43″N 18°20′46″E / 42.71194°N 18.34611°E / 42.71194; 18.34611
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 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).[citation needed]

  1. ^ "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.

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