Serbian Autonomous Oblast
of Herzegovina
Српска аутономна област Херцеговина
Srpska autonomna oblast Hercegovina
1991–1992
Flag of SAO Herzegovina
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).

History

SAO Herzegovina was formed from the Association of Municipalities (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

References

  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.
  2. ↑ 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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