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Romanija
Romanija ( sr-cyrl, 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). 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". The name comes from the "Romanized" populations called Vlachs, who have used the mountains for pasturage since the Middle Ages. Only at the end of the 19th century were assimilated the last of these romanised Vlachs, who are connected and related to the population of Serbia's Stari Vlah (meaning: 'historical Vlach') region. The area is famous for the local music, which was originally created by the Vlach shepherds. Its geographical extent lies within Republika Srpska. Its highest point is Veliki Lupoglav (1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanija Plateau
Romanija ( sr-cyrl, 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). 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". The name comes from the "Romanized" populations called Vlachs, who have used the mountains for pasturage since the Middle Ages. Only at the end of the 19th century were assimilated the last of these romanised Vlachs, who are connected and related to the population of Serbia's Stari Vlah (meaning: 'historical Vlach') region. The area is famous for the local music, which was originally created by the Vlach shepherds. Its geographical extent lies within Republika Srpska. Its highest point is Veliki Lupoglav (1,652 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAO Romanija
The SAO of Romanija ( sr, САО Романија/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. History It existed from 1991 to 1992 when it became part of Republika Srpska. Actually it is related to the former Region of Sarajevo-Romanija, inside the historical Romanija. indeed it was established in September 1991 and was merged with SAO Birač in November 1991 to form the SAO Romanija-Birač. In March 1992 the SAOs were unified into the Serb Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, renamed to Republika Srpska on 12 August. See also *SAO Bosanska Krajina The Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Bosanska Krajina ( sr, Српска aутономна област Босанска Крајина, Srpska autonomna oblast Bosanska Krajina) was a self-proclaimed Serbian Autonomous Oblast within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravna Romanija
Ravna Romanija ( sr, Равна Романија) is a village in the municipality of Sokolac, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Geography The village, named "flat Romanija", is located within the Romanija geographical region. History In 1991 the area was incorporated into the SAO Romanija, a Serb-established autonomous province, which later merged with other SAOs to form Republika Srpska in 1992. Religion In Ravna Romanija there it is the medieval monastery of Sokolica, dedicated to Saint George. Ravna Romanija belongs to the parish in Mokro (of the Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...), which is headquartered in the "Church of the Dormition of the Virgin" in Mokro. Demographic history According to the 1991 census, the village had 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podromanija
Podromanija ( sr-cyr, Подроманија) is a village in the municipality of Sokolac, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Geography The village, named "below the Romanija", is located within the Romanija geographical region. History In 1991 the area was incorporated into the SAO Romanija, a Serb-established autonomous province, which later merged with other SAOs to form Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is locat ... in 1992. Demographic history According to the 1991 census, the village had 377 inhabitants, of whom 360 were Serbs (95,49%), 12 Muslims (3,18%), and others. The "local community", or ''mjesna zajednica'' (MZ) of Podromanija had 560 inhabitants, out of whom 539 were Serbs (96,25%), 15 Muslims (2,68%), and others. References Popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasinac
Glasinac is a karst plateau, situated in the eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Romanija mountain, in the middle of Dinaric Alps. The main feature of the plateau is the Glasinačko Polje (), a polje of 22 square kilometres, 7 km long, at an altitude of between 850 and 920 meters. The plateau consists of specious meadows and pastures, characteristic of the eastern part of Bosnia, whose lower levels consists of mostly hard impermeable rocks. The Glasinac plateau is surrounded by coniferous forests and peaks of Romanija, Bogovićka mountain, Gradina, Rab, Crni Vrh, Kopit and Kratelj. Sokolac town is located in the center of Glasinac, and has about 3,500 inhabitants. It is a location of famous archeological site, known in academia as the Glasinac culture. Archeology Glasinac is a well-known archeological site in Bosnia and Herzegovina with remains dating back to Neolithic times, but primarily from Bronze Age and Iron Age. It was the time of the Illyrians, or wider ethni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the north and east of the country. Its largest city and administrative centre is Banja Luka, lying on the Vrbas (river), Vrbas river. Republika Srpska was formed in 1992 at the outset of the Bosnian War with the stated intent to safeguard the interests of the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The war saw the Ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War, expulsion of the vast majority of Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croats and Bosniaks from the territory claimed by Republika Srpska and an inflow of Serbs expelled from Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following the Dayton Agreement of 1995, Republika Srpska achieved international recognition as an entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlachs
"Vlach" ( or ), also "Wallachian" (and many other variants), is a historical term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate mainly Romanians but also Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and other Eastern Romance-speaking subgroups of Central and Eastern Europe. As a contemporary term, in the English language, the Vlachs are the Balkan Romance-speaking peoples who live south of the Danube in what are now southern Albania, Bulgaria, northern Greece, North Macedonia, and eastern Serbia as native ethnic groups, such as the Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians and the Timok Romanians. The term also became a synonym in the Balkans for the social category of shepherds, and was also used for non-Romance-speaking peoples, in recent times in the western Balkans derogatively. The term is also used to refer to the ethnographic group of Moravian Vlachs who speak a Slavic language but originate from Romanians. "Vlachs" were initially identified and des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pale, Bosnia And Herzegovina
Pale ( sr-cyrl, Пале) is a municipality of the city of Istočno Sarajevo located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated southeast of the capital city of Sarajevo. As of 2013, it had a population of 22,282 inhabitants, while the town of Pale has a population of 13,883 inhabitants. The famous Jahorina ski resort is located some from the municipality. History Middle Ages Pale always represented an important junction between east and west that is the Sarajevo Valley and the Drina River basin. There are preserved ruins of roads and building from the Roman times in the nearby villages of Miosici and Ilijak. From early on this area served as a place of trade. In the late 14th and early 15th century the area surrounding Pale belonged to the Feudal House of Pavlović. There were several fortified settlements: Pavlovac on the River Prača, Gradina in the Upper Pale and Hodidjed above the junction of the Miljacka rivers. The Hodidjed settlement ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokolac
Sokolac ( sr-Cyrl, Соколац) is a municipality of the city of Istočno Sarajevo located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 12,021 inhabitants, while the town of Sokolac has a population of 5,919 inhabitants. Demographics Population Ethnic composition Economy Sokolac is an important intersection for regional transport routes. The roads that intersect in Sokolac are between Sarajevo and the Adriatic Sea, Belgrade, Užice, Banja Luka and Bijeljina. ;Economic preview The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018): Sport The local OFK Glasinac 2011's predecessor club FK Glasinac Sokolac has played two seasons in the country's top level Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They now play in the third tier. International cooperation List of Sokolac's sister and twin cities: * Hohenburg * Ormylia * Arilj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosnia And Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a narrow coast on the Adriatic Sea within the Mediterranean, which is about long and surrounds the town of Neum. Bosnia, which is the inland region of the country, has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions of the country, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, which is the smaller, southern region of the country, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city of the country followed by Banja Luka, Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinaric Alps
The Dinaric Alps (), also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea. They stretch from Italy in the northwest through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo to Albania in the southeast. The Dinaric Alps extend for approximately along the western Balkan peninsula from the Julian Alps of the northeast Italy, downwards to the Šar and Korab massif, where their direction changes. The Accursed Mountains, is the highest section of the entire Dinaric Alps; this section stretches from Albania to Kosovo and eastern Montenegro. Maja Jezercë is the highest peak and is located in Albania, standing at Metres above the Adriatic, above the Adriatic. The Dinaric Alps are one of the most rugged and extensive mountainous areas of Europe, alongside the Caucasus Mountains, Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathian Mountains and Scandinavian Mountains. They are formed largely of Mesoz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Pijesak
Han Pijesak ( sr-cyrl, Хан Пијесак) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 3,530 inhabitants, while the town of Han Pijesak has a population of 2,018 inhabitants. Settlements Aside from the town of Han Pijesak, the municipality consists of the following settlements: * Babine Gornje * Berkovina * Borovine * Brložnik * Džimrije * Gođenje * Japaga * Jelovci * Kraljevo Polje * Kram * Krivače * Kusače * Malo Polje * Mrkalji * Nerići * Nevačka * Pjenovac * Plane * Podžeplje * Potkozlovača * Ravanjsko * Rečica * Rijeke * Rubinići * Stoborani * Žeravice Demographics Population Ethnic composition Economy The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018): See also * Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the smallest admin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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