SAO Herzegovina
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SAO Herzegovina (Serbian: SAO Hercegovina/САО Херцеговина) or Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Herzegovina was a Serbian autonomous region (oblast) in 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 (Serbian: SAO Istočna Hercegovina/САО Источна Херцеговина).
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SAO Herzegovina was formed from the Association of Municipalities (a government in SFRY) known as Assembly of the Communities of Eastern Herzegovina, which was formed on May 27, 1991. The SAO Herzegovina was formed on September 12, 1991. It consisted of Eastern Herzegovina which had Serb ethnic majority. Its capital was Trebinje.
