Native Name: | Drinska banovina Дринска бановина |
Conventional Long Name: | Drina Banovina |
Common Name: | Drina Banovina |
Subdivision: | Banovina |
Nation: | the Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
S1: | Banovina of Croatia |
Flag S1: | Civil Flag of Banovina of Croatia.svg |
S2: | Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Flag S2: | Flag of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg |
S3: | Socialist Republic of Serbia |
Flag S3: | Flag of the Socialist Republic of Serbia.svg |
Year Start: | 1929 |
Year End: | 1941 |
Image Map Caption: | Drina Banovina in 1931 |
Capital: | Sarajevo |
Stat Pop1: | 1,534,739 (1931) |
Today: | Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia |
The Drina Banovina or Drina Banate (Drinska banovina|Дринска бановина) was a province (banovina) 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 in 1939, its territory was reduced considerably.
According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,
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 per square kilometre.[1]
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.
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 and German-occupied Serbia. Following World War II, the region was divided between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia within a federal Socialist Yugoslavia.