Sandžak

E163891

Sandžak is a historically contested region in the western Balkans, straddling modern-day Serbia and Montenegro, known for its significant Bosniak population and multicultural heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sandžak canonical 8
Sandžak region 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
borderedBy Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo
Montenegro interior
Serbia
surface form: Serbia proper
climate continental
mountain climate
country Montenegro
Serbia
hasEthnicGroup Albanians
Montenegrins
Roma
Serbs
hasMajorEthnicGroup Bosniaks
hasMinorityIssueContext Bosniak national minority in Montenegro
Bosniak national minority in Serbia
hasMovement Bosniak autonomy movement
hasReligiousCommunity Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholics

Muslims
Orthodox Christians
historicalName Sanjak of Novi Pazar
historicalPeriod Ottoman Empire
knownFor Ottoman-era architecture
multicultural heritage
religious diversity
significant Bosniak population
traditional cuisine
languageFamilyContext South Slavic languages
languageUsed Bosnian
Montenegrin
Serbian
largestCity Novi Pazar
locatedIn Balkans
Western Balkans
majorTown Berane
Bijelo Polje
Nova Varoš
Novi Pazar
Pljevlja
Priboj
Prijepolje
Rožaje
Sjenica
Tutin
partOf Montenegro
Serbia
politicalStatus not an official administrative region
terrain karst
mountainous
wasAdministrativeUnitType sanjak

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bosniaks historicalRegion Sandžak
Chetniks operatingArea Sandžak
Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina jurisdiction Sandžak
this entity surface form: Sandžak region
Raška region borderedBy Sandžak
this entity surface form: Sandžak region
Novi Pazar region Sandžak
Mileševa Monastery region Sandžak