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Ravna Romanija

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Country
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipality
  
Sokolac

Entity
  
Republika Srpska

Population
  
260 (2013)

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Ravna Romanija (Serbian: Равна Романија) is a village in the municipality of Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Contents

Map of Ravna Romanija, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Geography

The village, named "flat Romanija", is located within the Romanija geographical region.

History

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.

Religion

In Ravna Romanija there it is the medieval monastery of Sokolica, dedicated to Saint George. Ravna Romanija belongs to the parish in Mokro (of the Serbian Orthodox Church), which is headquartered in the "Church of the Dormition of the Virgin" in Mokro.

Demographic history

According to the 1991 census, the village had 115 inhabitants, out of whom 111 were Serbs (96,52%), 3 Muslims (2,61%), and 1 Yugoslav (0,87%). In 2013 the population has increased to 260, nearly all Orthodox Serbs.

References

Ravna Romanija Wikipedia