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Knežina (Serbian Cyrillic: Кнежина) is a village in the municipality of Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Map of Kne%C5%BEina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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(Text) CC BY-SA