Danube Banovina
| Danube Banovina Дунавска бановина Dunavska banovina |
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| Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||
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Novi Sad (1929–1941) Smederevo (1941) |
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| • | Established | 3 October 1929 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 17 April 1941 | |||
| Today part of | Serbia, Croatia | ||||
The Danube Banovina or Danube Banate (Serbo-Croatian: Дунавска бановина; Dunavska banovina), was a banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of the geographical regions of Srem, Bačka, Banat, Baranja, Šumadija, and Braničevo. The capital city of the Danube Banovina was Novi Sad. The province was named after the Danube River.
According to 1931 census, the Danube Banovina had 2,387,495 inhabitants. The population of this region was composed of:
According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,
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 Banovina 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) existed as part of the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia. However, Banat was a separate autonomous region ruled by its German minority.
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