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The Drina Banovina or Drina Banate ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Drinska banovina, Дринска бановина), was a province (
The Drina Banovina or Drina Banate ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Drinska banovina, Дринска бановина), was a province (banovina Banovina may refer to:
* Banovinas of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1941
* Banovina (region) in central Croatia, also known as Banija
* ''Radio Banovina'', radio station in the city of Glina, Croatia
* Palace ''Banovina'', governmental bui ...
) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. Its capital was Sarajevo and it included portions of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It was named after the Drina River and, like all Yugoslav banovinas, was intentionally not based on ethnic boundaries. As a result of the creation of the Banovina of Croatia
The Banovina of Croatia or Banate of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Banovina Hrvatska, Бановина Хрватска) was an autonomous province ( banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1939 and 1941. It was formed by a merg ...
in 1939, its territory was reduced considerably.
Borders
According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,Demographics
According to the Yugoslav census of 1931, the Drina banovina had a population of 1,534,739 and a population density of 55.1 people persquare kilometre
Square kilometre ( International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square kilometer (American spelling), symbol km2, is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area.
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The census also says that Drina banovina had a high agricultural population, with an agricultural population of 91.3 people per square kilometre. This was the second highest agricultural population density in the country behind only Vrbas Banovina (98.8). Overall, Drina banovina had 1,383,686 hectares of cultivated land.
History
In 1941, the World War II Axis Powers occupied the Drina Banovina and the province was abolished and divided between the Independent State of Croatia andGerman
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
-occupied Serbia. Following World War II, the region was divided between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia within a federal
Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to:
Politics
General
*Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies
*Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...
Socialist Yugoslavia.
See also
* Podrinje *Bosnian Podrinje Canton
Bosnian may refer to:
*Anything related to the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina or its inhabitants
*Anything related to Bosnia (region) or its inhabitants
* Bosniaks, an ethnic group mainly inhabiting Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of three const ...
* Šumadija and Western Serbia
References
Yugoslav Serbia Geographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina Banovinas of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1929 establishments in Yugoslavia 1941 disestablishments in Yugoslavia Former subdivisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina {{Serbia-hist-stub