Knežina, Sokolac
| Knežina | |
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| Village | |
Sultan Selim Mosque
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 Knežina
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| Coordinates: 44°01′12″N 18°45′32″E / 44.02000°N 18.75889°E | |
| Country |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Entity |
 Republika Srpska
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| Municipality | Sokolac |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Knežina (Serbian Cyrillic: Кнежина) is a village in the municipality of Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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.
According to the 1991 census, the village had 465 inhabitants, out of whom 289 were Muslims (62,15%), 170 Serbs (36,56%).
Coordinates: 44°01′12″N 18°45′32″E / 44.02000°N 18.75889°E
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