The Sava Banovina or Sava Banate ( hr, Savska banovina), was a province ( banovina) of the

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between 1929 and 1939. It was named after the

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River and consisted of much of the present-day

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(the areas of historical Croatia and

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). Until 1931, it also comprised

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, now part of

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. The capital city of the Sava Banovina was

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Borders

According to the 1931

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of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, :''The Sava Banovina is bounded on the north, as far as the river Mura, by the ... boundary of the Drava Banovina. Thereafter the boundary of this Banovina follows the river Mura, then the State frontier with

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to the point where this leaves the Drava; from this point the boundary of the Banovina follows the course of the Drava, then that of the

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, as far as the northern boundary of the district of Ilok. From this point the boundary of the Banovina leaves the Danube and goes towards the Sava, following the eastern boundaries of the district, of Vukovar, Vinkovci, and Županja; taking in these districts. It then follows the course of the river Sava to the mouth of the river Una, then the course of the river Una as far as the north-eastern boundary of the district of

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(south-west of Kostajnica). From this point to the

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( Morlach Channel) the boundary of the Banovina follows the southern boundaries of the districts of Kostajnica,

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, Glina, and

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, then the south-eastern boundary of the district of Vojnić and the eastern boundaries of the districts of Slunj, Korenica and Donji Lapac. The boundary then passes along the southern boundary of the districts of Gračac and Gospić, which it includes. From the Adriatic coast the boundary follows the gorge of Ljubač and the canal of Nova Povljana, passes between the islands of Maun and Planik, to rejoin, north of the islands of

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and Silba, the State frontier on the Adriatic.'' Savska lat

History

In 1939, the Sava Banovina was merged with the Littoral Banovina and parts of neighboring provinces to create the Banovina of Croatia. In 1941, the

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occupied the former area of the Sava Banovina. Small areas were annexed by Fascist Italy and

with the remainder becoming a part of the

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. Following World War II, the region was made a part of

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within a federal Communist Yugoslavia.

List of Bans

The following is the list of people who held the title of

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(governor) of Sava Banovina: (a) = acting

References

The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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