Banovina of Croatia
| Banovina of Croatia Banovina Hrvatska |
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| Banate of Yugoslavia | ||||||
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Motto "Jedan narod, jedan kralj, jedna država" ""One people, one king, one country" |
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Anthem Himna Kraljevine Jugoslavije National Anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
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 within Kingdom of Yugoslavia (light yellow) |
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| Capital | Zagreb | |||||
| Government | Banate | |||||
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| • | 1939–1941 | Ivan Šubašić | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||
| Historical era | Interwar period · World War II | |||||
| • | Cvetković–Maček Agreement | 24 August 1939 | ||||
| • | Invasion of Yugoslavia | 6 April 1941 | ||||
| • | World War II in Yugoslavia | 1941–1945 | ||||
| • | Disestablished | 1943 | ||||
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| • | 1939 | 65,456 km2(25,273 sq mi) | ||||
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| • | 1939 | 4,024,601 | ||||
| Density | 61.5 /km2 (159.2 /sq mi) | |||||
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 Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia
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The Banovina of Croatia or Banate of Croatia (Croatian: Banovina Hrvatska) was an autonomous province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1939 and 1943. It was formed by combining the Sava Banovina and Littoral Banovina, but also with small parts of the Drina, Zeta, and Danube banovinas. Its capital was Zagreb and it included most of present-day Croatia along with portions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It included area of 65,456 km2 and had population of 4,024,601. The Ban of the Banovina of Croatia during this period was Ivan Šubašić.
The banovinas of Yugoslavia, established in 1929, deliberately avoided following ethnic or religious boundaries which resulted in the country's ethnic Croats, like other ethnic groups, being divided among several banovinas. Following a struggle within the unitary Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Croat leaders won autonomy for a new ethnic-based banovina with the Cvetković-Maček Agreement.
On the basis of the political agreement between Dragiša Cvetković and Vlatko Maček, and the Decree on the Banate of Croatia (Uredba o Banovini Hrvatskoj) dated 24 August 1939, the Banate of Croatia was created. The entire area of the Sava and Littoral Banovinas was combined and parts of the Vrbas, Zeta, Drina and Danube banovinas (districts Brčko, Derventa, Dubrovnik, Fojnica, Gradačac, Ilok, Šid and Travnik) were added to form the Banate of Croatia. The borders of the Banate of Croatia are partly the historical borders of Croatia, and partly based on the application of the principle of ethnicity according to which Bosnian and Herzegovinian territory with a majority Croat population was annexed to the Banate.
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