Official Name: | Knežina |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Bosnia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Subdivision Type1: | Entity |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Sokolac |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 44.02°N 18.7589°W |
Knežina (Serbian: Кнежина) is a village in the municipality of Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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.
The present-day settlement of Kadića Brdo was historically a hamlet (zaseok) of Knežina.
According to the 1991 census, the village had 465 inhabitants, out of whom 289 were Muslims (Bosniaks) (62,15%), 170 Serbs (36,56%).[1]