Morava Banovina
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Map showing Yugoslav banovinas in 1929 (The Morava Banovina is coloured yellow, on the right part of the map) |
The
Morava Banovina or
Morava Banate (
Serbian: 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 a small part of
Kosovo) and it was named for the
Morava Rivers. The capital city of the Morava Banovina was
Niš (Nish).
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 (Vushtrria), 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...
In 1941, the
World War II Axis Powers occupied the Morava Banovina and it was made part of
German-occupied
Serbia and
Italian-occupied
Albania. Following World War II, the region was made a part of Serbia within a
federal Socialist Yugoslavia.
*
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia*
Kingdom of Yugoslavia*
Podunavlje (Serbia)
