Danube Banovina

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Danube Banovina
Dunavska banovina
Дунавска бановина
Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1929–1941
Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (state).svg
Flag
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Coat of arms
Locator map Danube Banovina in Yugoslavia 1929-1939.svg
The Danube Banovina in 1941.
Capital Novi Sad
(1929–1941)

Smederevo
(1941) [1]
Government
  Type Devolved autonomous banate
Monarch  
 1929–1934
Alexander I
 1934–1941
Peter II
Ban  
 1929–1930
Daka Popović
 1941
Milorad Vlaškalin
History 
 Established
3 October 1929
3 September 1931
17 April 1941
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg Banat, Bačka and Baranja
Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia Flag of German Reich (1935-1945).svg
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1945–1963) Flag of SR Serbia.svg
People's Republic of Serbia Flag of SR Serbia.svg
People's Republic of Croatia Flag of SR Croatia.svg
Today part of Croatia
Serbia
Map of Yugoslav banovinas in 1929 (The Danube Banovina is #7) Banovine Jugoslavia.png
Map of Yugoslav banovinas in 1929 (The Danube Banovina is #7)

Danube Banovina or Danube Banate (Serbo-Croatian : Dunavska banovina / Дунавска бановина), was a banovina (or province) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of the geographical regions of Syrmia, Bačka, Banat, Baranya, Šumadija, and Braničevo. The capital city of the Danube Banovina was Novi Sad. The province was named after the Danube River.

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Banovina Palace was the administrative seat of Banate. Today it houses the government and parliament of AP Vojvodina Svjetlopis zgrade vlade Vojvodine Srbije, Novi Sad.jpg
Banovina Palace was the administrative seat of Banate. Today it houses the government and parliament of AP Vojvodina

Population

According to the 1931 census, the Danube Banovina had 2,387,495 inhabitants. The population of this region was composed of:

Borders

According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,

History

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Danube Banovina in 1931.
Danube Banovina after Axis invasion. Danube banovina1941.png
Danube Banovina after Axis invasion.

In 1931, Mitrovica and Šid districts were transferred from Drina Banovina to Danube Banovina.

In 1939, when the new Banovina of Croatia was formed, Šid and Ilok districts were transferred from the Danube Banovina to that of Croatia.

In 1941, the World War II Axis Powers occupied the Danube Banovina. Bačka and Baranja regions were attached to Hungary, while Syrmia was attached to the Independent State of Croatia. The remainder of the former Danube Banovina (including Banat, Šumadija, and Braničevo) were part of the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia. However, Banat had autonomy as a region ruled by its ethnic German minority.

In 1945 the region was restored as a province of Serbia within a federal Socialist Yugoslavia. The province was officially renamed as Vojvodina , its historical name, with the capital at the city of Novi Sad. The new province consisted of Syrmia, Banat and Bačka regions. Baranja was included in the People's Republic of Croatia, while Šumadija and Braničevo were included in Serbia Proper.

Cities

Some large cities of the Danube Banovina were:

Bans of Danube Banovina (1929–1941)

See also

References and further reading

  1. "MONOGRAFIJA MODOŠKE PAROHIJE - NMR Info". 9 August 2018.

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