Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc From: [e--st--e] at [epsilon.eecs.nwu.edu] (Serafim Efstratiadis) Subject: All you ever wanted to know about X-Yugoslavia (Map inluded) Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1992 21:32:27 GMT ****************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------ BELGRADE WEEKLY MAGAZINE, Dec. 4, 1988 (page 29) ------------------------------------------------ YUGOSLAVIA: 1918-1941 ============================================================================== / / AUSTRIA / / _/__ | _________| \ / \_______/ \ HUNGARY _/ \ __\__ _/ \_ DRAVSKA __/ \_ _______/ \ Ljubljana / \_ _/ \_ _\ | \_ ____/ \_ ROUMANIA / \ __ _/ \_____/ \_ \/ | \____/ SAVSKA \ DUVANSKA \ \ Zagreb \ Novi Sad | | ___________________/ | \ | /__ ___ /\__ _ |___ | VRBASKA _| \_/ \__ (+) | \/ \ | \ \ Banja Luka____/ \Beograd / | \ \---/ __/ | / / \ | \__ __/\_ DRINSKA | | | |_________ \ \_/ \ Sarajevo |_ / \ \ PRIMORSKA \____ _______\__/ MORAVSKA \ \___ Split _| \______/ \ Nis` \ \__ __/ | \ \_ _/ | __ _| \/ ZETSKA | _/ \_ _/ \ Cetinje | _ / \_/ \ |/ \_/ | Adriatic Sea \_ ______ / | BULGARIA \ _/ \ / | \_ | \_ / / \ \_ \ \/ VARDARSKA \ \_ \| \ Skopje \_ \__ |_ | | \ | | | / | | __|__________ \ | | ________| \ | ALBANIA \______/ ITALY \_ | | \ | | \_ | | GREECE \_ | / Province of Makedonia \ / | ============================================================================== The above map shows the 9 Provinces (Banovinas) of Yugoslavia and their corresponding capitals. Also: Banovina Capital Origin of the name or meaning --------- ---------- --------------------------------------------- VARDARSKA Skopje river Vardar - runs through South-Serbia MORAVSKA Nis` river Morava - runs through Central-Serbia ZETSKA Cetinje river Zeta - runs through Central-Serbia DRINSKA Sarajevo river Drina - runs through Montenegro DUNAVSKA Novi Sad river Danube - runs through Bosnia VRBASKA Banja Luka river Vrbas - runs through Serbia & other countries SAVSKA Zagreb river Sava - runs through Serbia/Croatia/Slovenia DRAVSKA Ljubljana river Drava - runs through Slovenia PRIMORSKA Split means "Province by the Seacoast". Today is Dalmatia. NOTES: - In 1939, a new province, namely, Hrvatska Banovina, was created by uniting (approximately) Savska and Primoska, as well as, western parts of Dunavska. The rest of the Banovinas remained intact with unchanged names or borders, continually from 1929 to 1941. - The city of Belgrade [denoted by (+) in the map above] with its suburbs was a special administrative zone and was not part of any Banovina. - Banovina is a Croatian word which means "Province". ============================================================================== I hope that you found the above information as a solid argument against the naming of Province of Vardarska by any other name today, especially a Greek name such as "Macedonia". Regards, Serafim......................................a Makedonian from Makedonia ________________________________________________________________________ M A K E D O N I A = H E L L A S ======================================================================== ______ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ _____ | __ | | _ | | __ | | _ | | __ | | _ | | __ | | _ | | __ | | | _| | | |__| | | _| | | |__| | | _| | | |__| | | _| | | |__| | | _| | | |____| |______| |____| |______| |____| |______| |____| |______| |____| ========================================================================