The Zeta Banovina (), was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of all of present-day Montenegro as well as adjacent parts of Central Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was named after the Zeta River which also gave its name to the medieval state of Zeta that roughly corresponds to modern-day Montenegro. The capital of Banovina was Cetinje.
Borders According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,
History In 1939, predominantly Catholic areas of the Zeta Banovina from the Konavle to Pelješac including Dubrovnik were merged with a new Banovina of Croatia.
World War II 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 30,997 km2.
Cities and towns
Cetinje (capital) Andrijevica Berane Bijelo Polje Bileća Danilovgrad Dubrovnik (1939 to the Banovina of Croatia) Gjakova Foča Gacko Istok Kolašin Kotor Ljubinje Mitrovica Nevesinje Nikšić Nova Varoš Novi Pazar Rahovec Peja Pljevlja Podgorica Priboj Prijepolje Raška Sjenica Skenderaj Stari Bar Šavnik Tivat Trebinje Tutin Ulcinj
List of Bans of Zeta NameTerm of office Born Party affiliation MonarchStartEndTime in office 1 Krsta Smiljanić 9 October 1929 10 January 1931 Ljubiš Military 2 Uroš Krulj 10 January 19313 July 1932 Mostar JRSD 3 Aleksa Stanišić 3 July 1932 23 April 1934 Prijepolje JRSD 4 Mujo Sočica 23 April 1934 13 August 1936 Plužine JRZ 5 Petar Ivanišević 13 August 1936 25 May 1939 Trebinje JRZ 6 Božidar Krstić 25 May 1939 1 April 1941 Jagodina JRZ 7 Blažo Đukanović 1 April 194117 April 1941 Nikšić Military
See also Zeta Oblast (1919-1929) Zeta (medieval principality) Montenegro (sovereign state) Administrative divisions of Yugoslavia
References
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia