Geography of Serbia: Banat, Pomoravlje, Ba?ka, Syrmia, Sava, List of Regions of Serbia, Pannonian Plain, Ma?va, Baranya, Kosovo Serb Enclav

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Banat, Pomoravlje, Ba ka, Syrmia, Sava, List of regions of Serbia, Pannonian Plain, Ma va, Baranya, Kosovo Serb enclaves, Timo ka Krajina, Radika, Pre evo Valley, Pan eva ki Rit, Potisje, Ra ka, umadija, Vrujci, Obedska bara, Geography of Vojvodina, Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal, Jadar, Vlasina, Sjeverin, Visok, Stari Vlah, Extreme points of Serbia, Titelski Breg, Ravna Gora, Bina ko Pomoravlje, Podlu je, Tele ka, Ko etin, Kovanluk, Veliki Rit, Banat, Pocerina. Excerpt: The Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of Timi, Cara -Severin, Arad south of the Mure, and Mehedin i), the western part in northeastern Serbia (the Serbian Banat, mostly included in Vojvodina, except for a small part included in Central Serbia), and a small northern part in southeastern Hungary (Csongrad county). It is populated by Romanians, Serbs, Hungarians, Roma, Germans, Krashovans, Ukrainians, Slovaks, Czechs, Croats and other ethnicities. The Banat is a part of the Pannonian plain bordered by the River Danube to the south, the River Tisza to the west, the River Mure to the north, and the Southern Carpathian Mountains to the east. Its historical capital was Timi oara, now in Timi county in Romania. The term banat or banate designated a frontier province led by a military governor or ban. The word ban is probably of Slavic origin, meaning lord or governor. Others state Ban as translated from the Old Hungarian King's Warden. Thus, Banat may be translated loosely as province or Royal Lands, respectively. There were several banats in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, such as the banats of Dalmatia, Slavonia, Bosnia and Croatia; these disappeared during the course of the Ottoman wars in Europe. In the 1920s and ...