Zeta Banovina

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Map of Zeta Banovina

The Zeta Banovina (Template:Lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl), was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of all of present-day Montenegro as well as adjacent parts of Central Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was named after the Zeta River which also gave its name to the medieval state of Zeta that roughly corresponds to modern-day Montenegro. The capital of Banovina was Cetinje.

Borders

According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,

The Zeta Banovina is bounded on the north by the southern boundaries of the Littoral and Drina Banovinas ... as far as the intersection of the boundaries of the three districts of Dragačevo, Žiča and Studenica. From this point and as far as the national frontier with Albania, the boundary of this Banovina follows the eastern boundaries of the districts of Studenica, Deževa, Mitrovica, Drenica and Drin, including all these districts. Then the boundary coincides, up to the Adriatic Sea, with the Yugoslav-Albanian State frontier.

History

In 1939, predominantly Catholic areas of the Zeta Banovina from the Konavle to Pelješac including Dubrovnik were merged with a new Banovina of Croatia.

World War II

In 1941, the World War II Axis Powers occupied the remaining area of the Zeta Banovina. A small area around the Gulf of Kotor was annexed by Fascist Italy while much of the rest was joined with Italian-occupied Montenegro and Albania. Eastern areas were made part of German-occupied Serbia and western areas part of Independent State of Croatia.

Following World War II, the region was divided between Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Croatia within a federal Socialist Yugoslavia.

Demographics

According to the 1931 census, the Zeta Banovina had a population of 925,516 and an area of 30,997 km².

Cities and towns

• Cetinje (capital)
• Andrijevica
• Berane
• Bijelo Polje
• Bileća
• Danilovgrad
• Dubrovnik (1939 to the Banovina of Croatia)
• Gjakova
• Foča
• Gacko
• Istok
• Kolašin
• Kotor
• Ljubinje
• Mitrovica
• Nevesinje
• Nikšić
• Nova Varoš
• Novi Pazar
• Rahovec
• Peja
• Pljevlja
• Podgorica
• Priboj
• Prijepolje
• Raška
• Sjenica
• Skenderaj
• Stari Bar
• Šavnik
• Tivat
• Trebinje
• Tutin
• Ulcinj

List of Bans of Zeta

Name			Term of office			Born	Party affiliation	Monarch
			Start	End	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 1	Template:CSS image crop	Krsta Smiljanić	9 October 1929	10 January 1931	Template:Ayd	Template:Flagicon Ljubiš (now Serbia)	Military	Alexander I File:Alexander I of Yugoslavia Photograph from Postcard.jpg (1929–1934)
2	File:Uros Krulj.jpg	Uroš Krulj	10 January 1931	3 July 1932	Template:Ayd	Template:Flagicon Mostar (now Bosnia-Herzegovina)	JRSD
3	File:Aleksa Stanisic.png	Aleksa Stanišić	3 July 1932	23 April 1934	Template:Ayd	Template:Flagicon Prijepolje (now Serbia)	JRSD
4	File:Mujo Sočica.jpg	Mujo Sočica	23 April 1934	13 August 1936	Template:Ayd	Template:Flagicon Plužine (now Montenegro)	JRZ	Paul File:Prince Paul of Yugoslavia.jpg (1934–1941)
5	File:Petar Ivanisevic.jpg	Petar Ivanišević	13 August 1936	25 May 1939	Template:Ayd	Template:Flagicon Trebinje (now Bosnia-Herzegovina)	JRZ
6	File:Bozidar Krstic.jpg	Božidar Krstić	25 May 1939	1 April 1941	Template:Ayd	Template:Flagicon Jagodina (now Serbia)	JRZ
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 7	File:Blažo Đukanović.jpg	Blažo Đukanović	1 April 1941	17 April 1941	Template:Ayd	Template:Flagicon Nikšić (now Montenegro)	Military	Peter II File:PedroIIDeYugoslavia8e00867v.jpg (1941)

See also

• Zeta Oblast (1919-1929)
• Zeta (medieval principality)
• Montenegro (sovereign state)
• Administrative divisions of Yugoslavia

References

• The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia