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Knežina, Sokolac

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Country
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Entity
  
Republika Srpska

Municipality
  
Sokolac

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Knežina (Serbian Cyrillic: Кнежина) is a village in the municipality of Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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History

The Knežina Monastery was founded in 1371 by Andrijaš Mrnjavčević.

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.

Demographic history

According to the 1991 census, the village had 465 inhabitants, out of whom 289 were Muslims (62,15%), 170 Serbs (36,56%).

References

Knežina, Sokolac Wikipedia