Vrbass banovina ( Serbohorv. Vrbaska banovina ) is a province ( banovina ) in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia that existed from 1929 to 1941 .
| Vrbass banovina | |
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| serbohorv. Vrbasska Banovina Vrbasska banovina | |
| A country |  Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Includes | 24 counties |
| Adm. Centre | Bath Luka |
| History and Geography | |
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| Population | |
| Population | 1,037,382 people ( 1931 ) |
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Geography
Vrbass Banovina was located in the central part of the kingdom, in the territory of northern Bosnia . The capital of Vrbass Banovina was the city of Banja Luka . In the north and west it bordered on the Sava banovina , in the south with the Primorsky banovina , in the east with the Drinsky banovina . The banovina got its name along the Vrbas River .
History
In 1939, part of the territory in the northeast of the Vrbass banovina was transferred to the created Croatian banovina . In 1941, its territory became part of the Independent State of Croatia , and in 1945 most of the banovan became part of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina , and a small part of the Socialist Republic of Croatia .
Population
Religious composition of the population in 1931 [1] :
- Orthodox - 600 529 (57.9%)
- Roman Catholics - 172,787 (16.66%)
- evangelical Christians - 3377 (0.3%)
- other Christians - 9,245 (0.9%)
- Muslims - 250,265 (24.13%)
- others - 1179 (0.11%)
Bans
- Svetislav Miloslavlevich (1929-1934)
- Dragoslav Djordjevic (1934-1935)
- Bogolyub Kuyundzhich (1935-1937)
- Todor Lazarevich (1937-1938)
- Nikola Stoyanovich (1939-1941)
See also
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Bosan Krajina