East Herzegovina

This article is about the region in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the region in Montenegro, see Old Herzegovina. For the war-time entity, see SAO Herzegovina.

East Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Istočna Hercegovina, Источна Херцеговина) is the eastern part of the historical Herzegovina region in Bosnia and Herzegovina, east of the Neretva river, part of the Republika Srpska entity. Major towns are Trebinje, Nevesinje and Bileća, predominantly inhabited by ethnic Serbs (see Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina). West Herzegovina is the western part, west of the Neretva river, and is today administratively part of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton and West Herzegovina Canton, predominantly inhabited by ethnic Croats, located in the Federation of B&H entity. The easternmost parts of historical Herzegovina (the Duchy of St. Sava and Sanjak of Herzegovina) lie in Montenegro, in so-called "Old Herzegovina", which became part of the Principality of Montenegro in 1878. In 1991, local ethnic Serbs of the region declared the territory of SAO East Herzegovina independent and joined other Serb territories into Republika Srpska by 1992. The meso-region has since been named Trebinje Region (Regija Trebinje/Регија Требиње).

East Herzegovina
Region
East Herzegovina in light blue, within Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 43°28′37″N 17°48′54″E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Largest city	Trebinje (31,433)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	CEST

Ottoman period

In the first Ottoman defters groups of Christian shepherds appear, declaring themselves as Vlachs who have settled in the empty parts of eastern Herzegovina. In that area, 1624 there were still 14 Catholic parish churches.

Municipalities

Trebinje, on the banks of the Trebišnjica

Duži Monastery

Serbian traditional clothing from Gacko

Settlement	Population (2013)
Berkovići	2,727
Bileća	11,536
Gacko	9,734
Istočni Mostar	280
Ljubinje	3,756
Nevesinje	13,758
Trebinje	31,433

Culture

The "Association of Municipalities of Herzegovina"

Events

• Miss East Herzegovina

Sources

• Malcolm, Noel (1995). Povijest Bosne : kratki pregled. Erasmus Gilda : Novi Liber. ISBN 953-6045-03-6.

Further reading

• Milimir Lojović, Obren Gnjato (2016), Стара насеља источне Херцеговине и могућности њихове ревитализације, Demografija 13, pp. 353-373
• Лојовић, М., 2006. Антропогеографске основе и проблеми развоја туризма источне Херцеговине. Географски факултет Универзитета у Београду.
• Lojović, M. and Gnjato, O., 2016. Sustainable development of tourism in East Herzegovina. Zbornik radova-Geografski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, (64), pp.361-399.
• Golijanin, A.R., 2016. Essentials of the construction and exploitation of hydraulic tunnels in karst of eastern Herzegovina. Tehnika, 71(6), pp.813-819.
• Samardžić, G.M., 2016. On the roman villas on the south of province of Dalmatia (Several examples from the area of East Herzegovina). Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Prištini, (46-3), pp.3-19.
• Samardžić, G.M., 2017. On numismatic findings from the southern part of the province of Dalmatia (examples from the area of Eastern Herzegovina). Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Prištini, (47-1), pp.27-42.
• Samardžić, G. (2015) Istočna Hercegovina u rimsko doba. Kosovska Mitrovica: Filozofski fakultet u Prištini
• Milanović, P.T., 2006. Karst istočne Hercegovine i Dubrovačkog priobalja: Karst of Eastern Herzegovina and Dubrovnik Littoral. Asocijacija speleoloških organizacija Srbije.
• Ćorović, R., 2014. Main characteristics of demographic development of eastern Herzegovina in the second half of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century. Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, (148), pp.727-735.