Vrbas Banovina
The Vrbas Banovina ( serbokroat. Vrbaska banovina, kyrill. Врбаска бановина ) was one of nine Banats of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which were formed on 3 October 1929. The capital city, de facto the provincial capital, Banja Luka was. The Banovina consisted of about the western part of Bosnia - Herzegovina. They were named after the river Vrbas Banovina.
The Vrbas Banovina had their representatives in the Yugoslav Senate ( 3), in the popular representation (25) and the Council of the Banats (35). It was formed from the former districts of Vrbas and Bihać, parts of the districts of Travnik and Tuzla, and the southern part of the Banija in Croatia. The area was about 20,900 km ² and was divided into 24 counties and 161 municipalities.
Population
According to the census of 1931, the Vrbas Banovina a population of 1,037.382 people, of which the male part of the population was about 51% and female 49%. Yugoslavs Orthodox faith were 57.89 % of the population ( in kdm Yugoslavia were not censuses conducted by nationality, but according to the language, as Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks were summarized in the Serbo-Croatian language ), Yugoslavs Islamic faith 24.13 % and Yugoslavs Roman Catholic 16.66%. Protestants made 0.31% and Yugoslav Jews 0.11% of the population.
Economy and Transport
The main cities of Banja Luka and Bihac were banat, other important towns were Novi Grad, Derventa, Prijedor, Gradiška Kozarska Dubica, Doboj, Gracanica Bosanski Brod i. We have made significant progress in the development of transport, agriculture, education and health.
History
The Vrbas Banovina was created in 1929 with the reorganization of the Yugoslav state from the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, under Alexander I.. With the establishment of the Croatian Banovina in 1939 were smaller areas with Derventa in the northeast on the new Banovina. After the attack of Hitler's regime to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the capitulation of Yugoslavia in 1941, the Vrbas Banovina was the Ustasha state slammed, it dissolved and integrated into his new territory. After the war in Bosnia - Herzegovina was formed within the limits before 1918 and as a federal republic in communist Yugoslavia, the Vrbas Banovina was not renewed.