Vojvodina (Autonomous Region, Serbia and Montenegro [Serbia])

Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina

Last modified: 2004-10-30 by ivan sache
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by Željko Heimer

• Presentation of Vojvodina
• Flag of Vojvodina
  • Official decision on the flag
  • Construction sheet of the flag
  • Adoption process of the flag
  • Perception of the flag
• Coat of arms of Vojvodina

See also:

• Serbia and Montenegro
• Serbia
• Vojvodina (Region, Yugoslavia [Serbia]): Political parties
• Autonomous Region of Vojvodina in Former Yugoslavia

Presentation of Vojvodina

Vojvodina (21,506 sq. km; 2,013,889 inhabitants; capital city, Novi Sad) is a region in northern Serbia that enjoyed autonomous status from 1946 to 1989. Vojvodina is situated in the southern part of the Central Danube Plain and includes some of the richest agricultural land in former Yugoslavia.

During the VIth century there weresuccessive waves of immigration by Lombards, Avars, and Slavic peoples. In the late IXth century, Magyar Hungarians settled in Vojvodina and the area became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. When mu