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The subdivisions of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, previously known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, existed successively in four different forms.

1918-1922

From 1918 to 1922, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes continued to be subdivided into the pre-World War I divisions of Austria-Hungary and the formerly independent kingdoms of Serbia and Montenegro. The seven provnces were: Slovenia, Croatia-Slavonia, Dalmatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Vojvodina, Serbia (divided into Northern Serbia and Southern Serbia) and Montenegro.

1922-1929

The Vidovdan Constitution of 1921 established the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes as a unitary state and, in 1922, 33 new administrative oblasts (counties) ruled from the center were instituted. These bore no relation to the earlier divisions and, in the interest of promoting Yugoslavism, statism and multiculturalism, were not given any ethnic or national names. They were largely named after rivers, regions and cities from which they were administrated. THese were: Banja Luka, Belgrade, Bihać, Bitola, Čačak, Cetinje, Ćuprija, Dubrovnik, Karlovac, Kragujevac, Kruševac, Ljubljana, Maribor, Mostar, Niš, Novi Sad, Osijek, Požarevac, Priština, Šabac, Sarajevo, Skopje, Smederevo, Split, Štip, Travnik, Tuzla, Užice, Valjevo, Vranje, Vukovar, Zagreb and Zaječar.

1029-1939

From 1929, the kingdom was subdivided into nine new provinces or banates called banovinas. Their borders were intentionally drawn so that they would not correspond either to boundaries between ethnic groups, or to pre-World War I imperial borders. Except for the Littoral Banovina, they were named after major rivers. These were: Danube Banovina, Drava Banovina, Drina Banovina, Littoral Banovina, Morava Banovina, Sava Banovina, Vardar Banovina, Vrbas Banovina and Zeta Banovina.

1939-1941

As an accommodation to Croatian politicians in the Cvetković-Maček Agreement, the Banovina of Croatia was formed in 1939 from a merger of the Littoral and Sava Banovinas, with some additional territory from the Drina, Dunav, Vrbas and Zeta Banovinas where ethnic Croats formed the majority of the population. Like Sava, its capital was Zagreb, the second largest city in the country.

Description
The subdivisions of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, previously known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, existed successively in four different forms.

1918-1922

From 1918 to 1922, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes continued to be subdivided into the pre-World War I divisions of Austria-Hungary and the formerly independent kingdoms of Serbia and Montenegro. The seven provnces were: Slovenia, Croatia-Slavonia, Dalmatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Vojvodina, Serbia (divided into Northern Serbia and Southern Serbia) and Montenegro.

1922-1929

The Vidovdan Constitution of 1921 established the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes as a unitary state and, in 1922, 33 new administrative oblasts (counties) ruled from the center were instituted. These bore no relation to the earlier divisions and, in the interest of promoting Yugoslavism, statism and multiculturalism, were not given any ethnic or national names. They were largely named after rivers, regions and cities from which they were administrated. THese were: Banja Luka, Belgrade, Bihać, Bitola, Čačak, Cetinje, Ćuprija, Dubrovnik, Karlovac, Kragujevac, Kruševac, Ljubljana, Maribor, Mostar, Niš, Novi Sad, Osijek, Požarevac, Priština, Šabac, Sarajevo, Skopje, Smederevo, Split, Štip, Travnik, Tuzla, Užice, Valjevo, Vranje, Vukovar, Zagreb and Zaječar.

1029-1939

From 1929, the kingdom was subdivided into nine new provinces or banates called banovinas. Their borders were intentionally drawn so that they would not correspond either to boundaries between ethnic groups, or to pre-World War I imperial borders. Except for the Littoral Banovina, they were named after major rivers. These were: Danube Banovina, Drava Banovina, Drina Banovina, Littoral Banovina, Morava Banovina, Sava Banovina, Vardar Banovina, Vrbas Banovina and Zeta Banovina.

1939-1941

As an accommodation to Croatian politicians in the Cvetković-Maček Agreement, the Banovina of Croatia was formed in 1939 from a merger of the Littoral and Sava Banovinas, with some additional territory from the Drina, Dunav, Vrbas and Zeta Banovinas where ethnic Croats formed the majority of the population. Like Sava, its capital was Zagreb, the second largest city in the country.