Vardar Banovina

The Vardarska banovina (Cyrillic Вардарска бановина; German Vardar Banovina, Vardar Banovina ) was from 1929 to 1941 an administrative entity within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It included all of today's Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the southern parts of Serbia, including the southern Kosovo. Administrative headquarters was Skopje. The entire state administration apparatus was staffed by Serbs and Montenegrins.

History

The Vardarska banovina was formed, was divided as King Alexander I after his coup of 1929 new Yugoslavia in 9 Banovine ( Banats ), most of which were named after rivers. The Vardarska banovina was named after the Vardar, the main river that flowed through. After the founding of the Croatian Banovina in 1939 was planned, Yugoslavia divided into three federal units, consisting of the Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian Banovina. The Serbian Banovina should include the Banats of Vrbas, Drina, Zeta, Danube, Morava and Vardar, with Skopje as its capital. The Second World War prevented the implementation of the plan. After the war, the Republic of Macedonia was founded in communist Yugoslavia and formed as a federal republic, the northern regions came to the Republic of Serbia. The Banovina of Vardar was not renewed.