Romanija ( sr-cyrl, Романија) is a mountain,

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, and geographical region in eastern

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, including numerous villages and towns, such as Pale, Sokolac,

Rogatica Rogatica ( sr-cyrl, Рогатица) is a town and municipality located in eastern Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 10,723 inhabitants, while the town of Rogatica has a population of 6, ...

and Han Pijesak. Its highest point is Veliki Lupoglav (1,629). A

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

History

The region is north of

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajev ...

and local features include the "Romanija Mountains" and "Romanija Planina". The name comes from the "Romanized" populations called

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 Easter ...

, who have used the mountains for pasturage since the

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. 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 Stari ( sla, Stari, "Old One") could have multiple meanings: * Stari, a rural locality in Babushkinsky District of Vologda Oblast of Russia. * Stari, a nickname of Đuro Pucar. * Stari, a nickname of Josip Broz Tito. See also * Southern tick-as ...

(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

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. Its highest point is Veliki Lupoglav (1,652 m). Administratively the region was part of the Republika Srpska's region called: Region Sarajevo-Romanija (formerly

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 part ...

).Map #6 shows the SAO Romanija area
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References

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