The districts ( hr, kotar, pl. kotari, german: Bezirk) were the secondary territorial subdivisions of the

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. There were 139 of them originally, with that number changing after the

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and the discontinuation of the

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. The districts were each a part of a county, and were themselves further divided into municipalities.

Districts from 1941–43

Districts from 1943–45

References

* Croatia OR 5360 (1:1 000 000) London : War Office, 1941 * Kraljevina Jugoslavija MDR Misc 7596 (1:2 800 000), Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers. Map Reproduction Section, 1944 * Volkstumskarte von Jugoslawien (1:200 000) Wilfried Krallert, Wien, (1941) *'' Encyclopædia Britannica'' 17th Edition, Austria-Hungary (1:3 800 000), 1905
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