Map showing Yugoslav banovinas in 1929 (The Zeta Banovina is coloured pink, in the central part of the map)

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 Draga?evo, ?i?a 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, De?eva, 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, ethnic Croatian areas of the Zeta Banovina from the Bay of Kotor to Pelje?ac including Dubrovnik were merged with a new Banovina of Croatia.

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 30,741 kmē.

Bans of Zeta

• Krsto Smiljani? (1932 - 1931)
• Uro? Krulj (1931 - 1932)
• Aleksa Stani?i? (1932 - 1934)
• Mujo So?ica (1934 - 1936)
• Petar Ivani?evi? (1936 - 1939)
• Bo?idar Krsti? (1939 - 1941)
• Bla?o ?ukanovi? (1941 - 17 April 1941)

References

• The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

See also

• Kingdom of Yugoslavia
• Montenegro
• Zeta (state)

External links

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