Drava Banovina

Drava banovina Dravska banovina Drava Banovina Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ← 1929–1941 → Map of Yugoslav banovinas in 1929 (The Drava Banovina is #1) Capital Ljubljana History  -  Established 1929  -  Disestablished 1941 Area  -  1921 15,036 km2(5,805 sq mi) Population  -  1921 1,054,919  Density 70.2 /km2  (181.7 /sq mi) Today part of Slovenia

The Drava Banovina or Drava Banate (Slovene: Dravska banovina) was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of most of present-day Slovenia and was named for the Drava River. The capital city of the Drava Banovina was Ljubljana.

Borders

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According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,

The Drava Banovina is bounded by a line passing from the point where the northern boundary of the district of Čabar cuts the State frontier, then following the State frontier with Italy, Austria and Hungary to a point where the State frontier with Hungary reaches the river Mura (north-east of Čakovec). From the river Mura, the boundary of the Banovina follows the eastern and then the southern boundaries; of the districts of Lendava, Ljutomer, Ptuj, Šmarje, Brežice, Krško, Novo Mesto, Metlika, Črnomelj, Kočevje and Logatec, including all the districts mentioned.

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Aftermath

Main article: World War II in the Slovene Lands

In 1941 the World War II Axis powers occupied the Drava Banovina, and it was divided largely between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, while Hungary occupied Prekmurje and the Independent State of Croatia occupied some smaller border areas.

Following World War II the region was reconstituted, with additional pre–World War II Italian territory (Julian March), as the Federal State of Slovenia, within a federal second Yugoslavia.

See also

• Kingdom of Yugoslavia