Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
| Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina Социјалистичка Аутономна Покрајина Војводина |
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| Capital | Novi Sad | ||||
| Government | Autonomous province | ||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||
| • | Established | 1944 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1992 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1991 | 21,506 km2(8,304 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1991 | 1,952,533 | |||
| Density | 90.8 /km2 (235.1 /sq mi) | ||||
The Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbo-Croatian: Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina, Социјалистичка Аутономна Покрајина Војводина; often abbreviated SAP Vojvodina) was one of political entities formed in Yugoslavia after World War II and one of the two autonomous provinces of Serbia within Yugoslavia (the other being Kosovo), between 1945 and the breakup of Yugoslavia. Until 1963 the province was named Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina, Аутономна Покрајина Војводина), and had a lower level of autonomy.
The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina was formed in 1944. It was an autonomous province of Serbia, within the larger Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1963, when it was transformed into the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
The province was formed in October 1944 when Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav partisans expelled Axis troops from the region. In this time, the final political status of the province was not yet determined and the newly formed provincial administration functioned independently from Serbia. The temporary borders of Vojvodina included the regions of Banat, Bačka and Baranja and most of the region of Syrmia with Zemun. The de jure temporary border between Vojvodina and Croatia in Syrmia was Vukovar-Vinkovci-Županja line. De facto, western parts of Syrmia remained under Axis military control until April 1945. From October 17, 1944 to January 27, 1945, most of the province (Banat, Bačka and Baranja regions) was under military administration.
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