Zeta Banovina
| Zeta Banovina Zetska banovina Зетска бановина |
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| Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||
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 Kingdom of Yugoslavia (light yellow) |
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| Capital | Cetinje | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 3 October 1929 1929 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 17 April 1941 1941 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1931 | 30,997 km2(11,968 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1931 | 925,516 | |||
| Density | 29.9 /km2 (77.3 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo | ||||
The Zeta Banovina or Zeta Banate [ˈdzeːta] (Serbo-Croatian: Зетска бановина/Zetska banovina ) was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of all of the present-day Montenegro as well as adjacent parts of Central Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was named for the Zeta River which also gave its name to the medieval state of Zeta that roughly corresponded to modern Montenegro. The capital city of the Zeta Banovina was Cetinje.
According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,
In 1939, ethnic Croat areas of the Zeta Banovina from the Bay of Kotor to Pelješac including Dubrovnik were merged with a new Banovina of Croatia.
In 1941, the World War II Axis Powers occupied the remaining area of the Zeta Banovina. A small area around the Gulf of Kotor was annexed by Fascist Italy while much of the rest was joined with Italian-occupied Montenegro and Albania. Eastern areas were made part of German-occupied Serbia and western areas part of Independent State of Croatia.
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