Serbian Autonomous Oblasts (Српска Аутономна Област, Srpska Autonomna Oblast, SAO) refer to the ethnic Serb

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

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Region

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Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...

s, also district) in the Yugoslav republics of SR Croatia and SR Bosnia and Herzegovina that were proclaimed autonomous and subsequently voted for independence amid secession talks from Croatia and B&H. The SAOs would unite into Srpska Krajina and Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska is one of two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

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SAOs in Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

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• SAO Kninska Krajina
  SAO Kninska Krajina
  Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Kninska Krajina was a Serb self-proclaimed autonomous region in SR Croatia. It was formed in 1990 and was subsequently transformed into SAO Krajina and later included into the Republic of Serbian Krajina. The center of the SAO was the city of Knin.-History:After...
  
  
• SAO Krajina
  SAO Krajina
  Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Krajina or SAO Krajina was a self proclaimed Serbian autonomous region within modern-day Croatia . It existed between 1990 and 1991 and was subsequently included into Republic of Serbian Krajina...
  
  
• SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem
• SAO Western Slavonia
  SAO Western Slavonia
  SAO Western Slavonia or Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Western Slavonia was a Serbian self-proclaimed autonomous region within Croatia. It was formed on 12 August 1991 and was subsequently included into Republic of Serbian Krajina...
  
  

SAOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

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• SAO Bosanska Krajina
  SAO Bosanska Krajina
  Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Bosanska Krajina was a self-proclaimed Serbian autonomous region within today's Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was sometimes called the Autonomous Region of Krajina . SAO Bosanska Krajina was located in the geographical region named Bosanska Krajina. Its capital was...
  
  
• SAO Herzegovina
  SAO Herzegovina
  Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Herzegovina was a Serbian self-proclaimed autonomous region within today's Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was proclaimed by the Assembly of the Association of Municipalities of Bosnian Krajina in 1991 and was subsequently included into Republika Srpska. SAO Herzegovina...
  
  
• SAO North-Eastern Bosnia
  SAO North-Eastern Bosnia
  Serbian Autonomous Oblast of North-Eastern Bosnia was a self-proclaimed Serbian autonomous region within today's Bosnia and Herzegovina. It existed between 1991 and 1992, when it became part of Republika Srpska. The main city of North-Eastern Bosnia was Bijeljina...
  
  
• SAO Romanija
  SAO Romanija
  Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Romanija was a self-proclaimed Serbian autonomous region within today's Bosnia and Herzegovina. It existed from 1991 to 1992 when it became part of Republika Srpska.-See also:*Republika Srpska*Bosnian war...