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The '''Banovina of Croatia''' or '''Banate of Croatia''' (], ], and ]: ''Banovina Hrvatska'') was a province (]) of the ] between ] and ]. Its capital was at ] and it included most of present-day ] along with portions of ] and ]. |
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The banovinas of Yugoslavia, established in ], deliberately avoided following ethnic or religious boundaries which resulted in the country's ], like other ethnic groups, being divided among several banovinas. Following a struggle within the ] Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Croat leaders won autonomy for a new ethnic-based banovina. In 1939, the entire area of the ] and ]s was combined and parts of the ], ], ] and ] banovinas were added to form the Banovina of Croatia. |
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In 1941, the ] ] occupied the Banovina of Croatia and the province was abolished. Some of the coastal areas from ] to ] (Zara) and near the ] were annexed by ] but the remainder became a part of the ]. Following World War II, the region was divided between ], ] and ] within a ] ]. |
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