Bihać Oblast ( sh, Бихаћ област, translit=Bihać Oblast) was one of the oblasts of the

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Kingdom commonly refers to: * A monarchy ruled by a king or queen * Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy Kingdom may also refer to: Arts and media Television * ''Kingdom'' (British TV series), a 2007 British television drama s ...

from 1922 to 1929. Its administrative center was Bihać.

History

The

was formed in 1918 and was initially divided into counties and districts (this division was inherited from previous state administrations). In 1922, new administrative units known as oblasts (Serbo-Croatian: ''oblasti'' / области) were introduced and the whole country was divided into 33 oblasts. Before 1922, the territory of the Bihać Oblast was primarily part of the Bihać District. In 1929, the 33 oblasts were administratively replaced with 9 banovinas and one district, and the territory of the Bihać Oblast was incorporated into the new Vrbas Banovina.

Geography

The Bihać Oblast included western Bosanska Krajina. It shared borders with the

Vrbas Oblast Vrbas Oblast ( sh, Врбас област, translit=Vrbas Oblast) was one of the oblasts of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1922 to 1929. Its capital was Banja Luka. It was named after the Vrbas River. History The Kingdom of Ser ...

in the east, the Travnik Oblast in the south, and the Primorje-Krajina Oblast in the north-west.

Demographics

According to 1921 census, the Bihać Oblast was linguistically dominated by speakers of

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and ...

.Istorijski atlas, Geokarta, Beograd, 1999.

Cities and Towns

The main cities and towns located within the oblast were: * Bihać * Bosanska Krupa * Bosanski Petrovac *

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* Cazin * Ključ *

Sanski Most Sanski Most ( sr-cyrl, Сански Мост, ) is a town and municipality located in the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of the Sana River in northweste ...

* Velika Kladuša All mentioned cities and towns are now part of

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Cities and Towns

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