Native Name: | Dunavska banovina Дунавска бановина |
Conventional Long Name: | Danube Banovina |
Common Name: | Danube Banovina |
Subdivision: | Banovina |
Nation: | the Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
P1: | Banat, Bačka and Baranja |
Flag P1: | Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg |
S1: | Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia |
Flag S1: | Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg |
S2: | Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1945–1963) |
Flag S2: | Flag of SR Serbia.svg |
S3: | People's Republic of Serbia |
Flag S3: | Flag of SR Serbia.svg |
S4: | People's Republic of Croatia |
Flag S4: | Flag of SR Croatia.svg |
Year Start: | 1929 |
Date Start: | 3 October |
Year End: | 1941 |
Date End: | 17 April |
Image Map Caption: | The Danube Banovina in 1941. |
Capital: | Novi Sad (1929–1941) Smederevo (1941)[1] |
Today: | Croatia Serbia |
Danube Banovina or Danube Banate (separator=" / "|Dunavska banovina|Дунавска бановина), was a banovina (or province) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of the geographical regions of Syrmia, Bačka, Banat, Baranya, Šumadija, and Braničevo. The capital city of the Danube Banovina was Novi Sad. The province was named after the Danube River.
According to the 1931 census, the Danube Banovina had 2,387,495 inhabitants. The population of this region was composed of:
According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,
In 1931, Mitrovica and Šid districts were transferred from Drina Banovina to Danube Banovina.
In 1939, when the new Banovina of Croatia was formed, Šid and Ilok districts were transferred from the Danube Banovina to that of Croatia.
In 1941, the World War II Axis Powers occupied the Danube Banovina. Bačka and Baranja regions were attached to Hungary, while Syrmia was attached to the Independent State of Croatia. The remainder of the former Danube Banovina (including Banat, Šumadija, and Braničevo) were part of the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia. However, Banat had autonomy as a region ruled by its ethnic German minority.
In 1945 the region was restored as a province of Serbia within a federal Socialist Yugoslavia. The province was officially renamed as Vojvodina, its historical name, with the capital at the city of Novi Sad. The new province consisted of Syrmia, Banat and Bačka regions. Baranja was included in the People's Republic of Croatia, while Šumadija and Braničevo were included in Serbia Proper.
Some large cities of the Danube Banovina were: