The Drava Banovina or Drava Banate (
Slovene and
Serbo-Croatian
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: ''Dravska banovina''), was a province (
banovina) of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of most of present-day
Slovenia
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and was named for the
River. The capital city of the Drava Banovina was
Ljubljana
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During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...
.
Borders
According to the 1931
Constitution
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When ...
of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,
Also in 1931, the Municipality of
Štrigova
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History
Oldest archaeological finds in Štrigova municipality are from Roman period. Burial mounds and fragments of pottery w ...
(now in Croatia) was separated from the Čakovec District and the rest of
Međimurje and was included in the
Ljutomer District in the Drava Banovina.
Administration
The Drava Banovina was administratively subdivided into 29 counties (called ''srez''):
Aftermath
In 1941 the
World War II
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Axis powers
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occupied the Drava Banovina, and it was divided largely between
Nazi Germany
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and
Fascist Italy, while
Hungary
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annexed Prekmurje and the
Independent State of Croatia
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annexed some smaller border areas.
Following World War II the region was reconstituted, with additional pre–World War II Italian territory (
Julian March
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), as the
Federal State of Slovenia, within a
federal
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Politics
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second Yugoslavia.
List of Bans
The following is the list of people who held the title of
Ban (governor) of Drava Banovina:
References
External links
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Modern history of Slovenia
Banovinas of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Former states and territories in Slovenia
1929 establishments in Yugoslavia
1941 disestablishments in Yugoslavia
Politics of Yugoslavia