Drava Banovina

Drava Banovina
Dravska banovina
Дравска бановина

Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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1929–1941

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Drava Banovina (red) within
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (light yellow)

Capital

Ljubljana

Historical era

Interwar period

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January 6th Dictatorship

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Established

3 October 1929

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Disestablished

16 April 1941

Area

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1931

15,849 km² (6,119 sq mi)

Population

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1921

1,060,356

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1931

1,144,298

Density

72.2 /km² (187 /sq mi)

Today part of

Slovenia

The Drava Banovina or Drava Banate (Slovene: 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 Čabar cuts the State frontier, then following the State frontier with Italy, Austria and Hungary to a point where the State frontier with Hungary reaches the river Mura (north-east of Čakovec). From the river Mura, the boundary of the Banovina follows the eastern and then the southern boundaries; of the districts of Lendava, Ljutomer, Ptuj, Šmarje, Brežice, Krško, Novo Mesto, Metlika, Črnomelj, Kočevje and Logatec, including all the districts mentioned.
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The building that housed the administrative seat of Banovina today serves as Government and Presidential Palace of Slovenia

Administration

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

Main article: World War II in the Slovene Lands

In 1941 the World War II Axis powers occupied the Drava Banovina, and it was divided largely between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, while Hungary occupied Prekmurje and the Independent State of Croatia occupied some smaller border areas.

Following World War II the region was reconstituted, with additional pre–World War II Italian territory (Julian March), as the Federal State of Slovenia, within a federal second Yugoslavia.

List of Bans

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The following is the list of people who held the title of Ban (governor) of Drava Banovina:^[2]

Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office		Party
Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Start	End	Party
	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)

References

↑ The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
↑ Cahoon, Ben. "Slovenia". World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 9 September 2013.