The Morava Banovina or Morava Banate ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Моравска бановина, Moravska banovina), was a province ( banovina) of the

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between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of parts of present-day

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(including

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and Podujevë in

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) and it was named after the Morava Rivers. The capital city of the Morava Banovina was

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Borders

According to the 1931

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of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, :''The Morava Banovina is bounded on the north and the east by the State frontiers with

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and

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as for as the southern boundary of the district of Lužnica (at Descani Kladenac). From this point the boundary of the Banovina follows the southern boundaries of the districts of Lužnica,

, Dobrić, Prokuplje, Kosanica, Lab and

, including all these districts, and at the intersection of the boundaries of the three districts of Vushtrri, Gračanica and

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it joins the boundary of the Zeta Banovina. The boundary then continues northwards, coinciding with the boundaries of the Zeta,

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, and Danube Banovinas.

History

In 1941, the

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occupied the Morava Banovina and it was made part of

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and

-occupied

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and

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-occupied

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. Following World War II, the region was made a part of Serbia within a federal Socialist Yugoslavia.

References

The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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Borders

History

See also

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