SAO North-East Bosnia explained

Native Name:
Conventional Long Name:Serb Autonomous Region of North-East Bosnia
Common Name:SAO North-East Bosnia
Status:Unrecognised
Status Text:Self-proclaimed entity
Government Type:Provisional government
Era:Breakup of Yugoslavia
Event Start:Proclamation
Event End:Proclamation of the Republic of the Serb people of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Life Span:1991–1992
P1:Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag P1:Flag of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg
S1:Republika Srpska (1991–95)
Flag S1:Flag of Republika Srpska.svg
Flag:Flag of Republika Srpska
Capital:Bijeljina
Coordinates:44.7569°N 19.2161°W

SAO North-East Bosnia (Serbian: САО Североисточна Босна / SAO Severoistočna Bosna) was a Serb Autonomous Region (Serbian: САО / SAO), a Serb break-away province, in the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SR BiH). It was established in September 1991, proclaimed by the Serb Democratic Party on 19 September 1991, along with other SAOs (Eastern Herzegovina, Bosanska Krajina, Romanija), and included five districts in northeastern SR BiH. It existed between September 1991 and 9 January 1992, when it became part of Republic of the Serb people of Bosnia and Herzegovina (later Republika Srpska). It was renamed SAO Semberija (Serbian: САО Семберија) in November 1991, and SAO Semberija and Majevica (САО Семберија и Мајевица[1]) in December 1991. It included three municipalities (Bijeljina, Lopare and Ugljevik[2]), with a population of 150,000, out of whom 56–59% were ethnic Serbs. The capital was Bijeljina.

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  1. Book: Vojska. 1993. Vojnoizdavački i novinski centar.
  2. Book: National Security and the Future. 2005. St. George Association.