Drava Banovina

The Drava Banovina or Drava Banate (Slovene and Serbo-Croatian: Dravska banovina), was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of most of present-day Slovenia and was named for the Drava River. The capital city of the Drava Banovina was Ljubljana.

Drava Banovina
Dravska banovina
Дравска бановина
Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1929–1941

Drava Banovina (red) within
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (light yellow)
CapitalLjubljana
Area 
 1931
15,849 km2 (6,119 sq mi)
Population 
 1921
1,060,356
 1931
1,144,298
Historical eraInterwar period
 Established
3 October 1929
 Disestablished
16 April 1941
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Carniola
Nazi Germany
Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Hungary
Today part ofSlovenia, Croatia
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