Drava Banovina
Drava Banovina Dravska banovina Дравска бановина | |||||||||||||
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Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
1929–1941 | |||||||||||||
Drava Banovina (red) within Kingdom of Yugoslavia (light yellow) | |||||||||||||
Capital | Ljubljana | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
• 1931 | 15,849 km2 (6,119 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1921 | 1,060,356 | ||||||||||||
• 1931 | 1,144,298 | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||||
• Established | 3 October 1929 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 16 April 1941 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Slovenia, Croatia |
The Drava Banovina or Drava Banate (Slovene and Serbo-Croatian: 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
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
Also in 1931, the Municipality of
Administration
The Drava Banovina was administratively subdivided into 29 counties (called srez):
- Brežice
- Celje
- Celje (town)
- Črnomelj
- Dolnja Lendava
- Dravograd
- Gornji Grad
- Kamnik
- Kočevje
- Konjice
- Kranj
- Krško
- Laško
- Litija
- Logatec
- Ljubljana
- Ljubljana (town)
- Ljutomer
- Maribor, desni breg
- Maribor, levi breg
- Maribor (town)
- Metlika
- Murska Sobota
- Novo Mesto
- Ptuj
- Ptuj (town)
- Radovljica
- Slovenj Gradec
- Šmarje
Aftermath
In 1941 the
Following World War II the region was reconstituted, with additional pre–World War II Italian territory (
List of Bans
The following is the list of people who held the title of Ban (governor) of Drava Banovina:[4]
Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Party | ||
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Start | End | ||||
Dušan Sernec (1882–1952) |
9 October 1929 |
4 December 1930 |
Slovene People's Party (SLS) | ||
Drago Marušič (1884–1964) |
4 December 1930 |
8 February 1935 |
Yugoslav National Party (JNS) | ||
Dinko Puc (1879–1945) |
8 February 1935 |
10 September 1935 |
Yugoslav Democratic Party (JDS) | ||
Marko Natlačen (1886–1942) |
10 September 1935 |
16 April 1941 |
Slovene People's Party (SLS) |
See also
References
- ^ The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- ISBN 953-98293-1-3.
- ISBN 978-961-278-468-3.
- ^ Cahoon, Ben. "Slovenia". World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
External links
Media related to Drava Banovina at Wikimedia Commons