Morava Banovina

For other uses, see Morava (disambiguation).

The Morava Banovina or Morava Banate (Serbo-Croatian: Моравска бановина / Moravska banovina), was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of parts of present-day Central Serbia (including Vučitrn and Podujevo in Kosovo) and it was named after the Morava Rivers. The capital city of the Morava Banovina was Niš.

Morava Banovina Моравска бановина Moravska banovina
Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1929–1941
Morava Banovina (red) within Kingdom of Yugoslavia (light yellow)
Capital	Niš
Area
• Coordinates	43°18′00″N 21°54′00″E / 43.300°N 21.900°E / 43.300; 21.900Coordinates: 43°18′00″N 21°54′00″E / 43.300°N 21.900°E / 43.300; 21.900
History
History
• Established	1929
• Disestablished	1941
Succeeded by Socialist Republic of Serbia
Today part of	Kosovo^[a] Serbia

Map of Morava Banovina

The building that served as administrative seat of Banovina. Today serves as University of Niš, front view

Side view

Borders

According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,

The Morava Banovina is bounded on the north and the east by the State frontiers with Romania and Bulgaria as for as the southern boundary of the district of Lužnica (at Descani Kladenac). From this point the boundary of the Banovina follows the southern boundaries of the districts of Lužnica, Niš, Dobrić, Prokuplje, Kosanica, Lab and Vučitrn, including all these districts, and at the intersection of the boundaries of the three districts of Vučitrn, Gračanica and Drenica it joins the boundary of the Zeta Banovina. The boundary then continues northwards, coinciding with the boundaries of the Zeta, Drina, and Danube Banovinas.

History

In 1941, the World War II Axis Powers occupied the Morava Banovina and it was made part of German and Bulgaria -occupied Serbia and Italian-occupied Albania. Following World War II, the region was made a part of Serbia within a federal Socialist Yugoslavia.

See also

• Southern and Eastern Serbia

Notes and references

Notes

1. The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as an independent state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own territory.

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