Banovina of Serbia

Map showing the proposed Banovina of Serbia

Banovina of Serbia (Serbian: Banovina Srbija or Бановина Србија) was a proposed administrative unit of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.^[1] Creation of Banovina of Serbia was proposed after the formation of Banovina of Croatia in 1939. However, due to the Axis occupation and partition of Yugoslavia in 1941, the proposal was never implemented.

The proposal

After creation of Banovina of Croatia in 1939-1940, question of the political status of the Serb people in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was also opened, thus some Serb intellectuals (notably the members of the Serbian Club) and politicians (including some members of the Yugoslav government, such is Dragiša Cvetković) proposed and planned the creation of Banovina of Serbia (or Serbian Banovina), which would include territory of the existing banovinas of Vrbas, Drina, Danube, Morava, Zeta and Vardar.^[2] The organization of the proposed Banovina of Serbia was to be similar to that of Banovina of Croatia.

Demographics

According to 1931 Yugoslav census, the existing banovinas that, according to the proposal, would be included into the Banovina of Serbia had the following population:

• Vrbas Banovina: 1,037,382, of which 600,529 Orthodox Christians
• Drina Banovina: 1,534,739, of which 992,924 Orthodox Christians
• Danube Banovina: 2,387,295, of which 1,393,269 Orthodox Christians
• Morava Banovina: 1,435,584, of which 1,364,490 Orthodox Christians
• Zeta Banovina: 925,516, of which 516,490 Orthodox Christians
• Vardar Banovina: 1,574,243, of which 1,046,039 Orthodox Christians

See also

• History of Serbia after 1918
• Kingdom of Yugoslavia
• Banovina of Croatia
• Slovene Banovina

Notes

1. Contemporary Yugoslavia: twenty years of Socialist experiment, Wayne S. Vucinich, Jozo Tomasevich, Stanford University, University of California Press, 1969, page 31.
2. Contemporary Yugoslavia: twenty years of Socialist experiment, Wayne S. Vucinich, Jozo Tomasevich, Stanford University, University of California Press, 1969, page 31.

References

• Contemporary Yugoslavia: twenty years of Socialist experiment, Wayne S. Vucinich, Jozo Tomasevich, Stanford University, University of California Press, 1969, page 31.
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Europe, Gale Group, 2001, page 102.
• Slovenia in European affairs: reflections on Slovenian political history, John A. Arnez, League of CSA, 1958, page 70.
• Zbornik Matice srpske za istoriju, Tomovi 59-60, Matica srpska (Novi Sad, Serbia), Odeljenje za društvene nauke, 1999, page 134.