Maribor Oblast

Maribor Oblast (Slovene: Mariborska oblast) was one of the oblasts of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1922 to 1929. Its capital was Maribor.

Maribor Oblast Mariborska Oblast
Oblast of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
1922–1929
Maribor Oblast map
Capital	Maribor
Area
• 1921	7,569 km2 (2,922 sq mi)
Population
• 1921	624,121[1]
History
• Established	1922
• Disestablished	1929
Preceded by Succeeded by Province of Slovenia Province of Croatia and Slavonia Drava Banovina Sava Banovina
Today part of	Slovenia Croatia

History

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was formed in 1918 and was initially divided into provinces (this division was inherited from previous state administrations). In 1922, new administrative units known as oblasts (Slovene: oblasti) were introduced and the whole country was divided into 33 oblasts. Before 1922, the territory of the Maribor Oblast was part of the Province of Slovenia and the Province of Croatia and Slavonia.

Geography

The Maribor Oblast was composed of the traditional regions of Lower Styria, Slovene Carinthia, Prekmurje, which were predominantly Slovene-speaking, and Međimurje, which was predominantly Croatian-speaking. The Oblast bordered Austria to the north, Hungary to the east, Ljubljana Oblast to the west and Zagreb Oblast to the south.

Administrative units

The oblast included the following districts:^[2]

• Maribor Right Embankment
• Maribor Left Embankment
• Celje
• Čakovec
• Dolnja Lendava
• Dravograd
• Gornji Grad
• Ljutomer
• Murska Sobota
• Prelog
• Ptuj
• Slovenj Gradec
• Slovenske Konjice
• Šmarje pri Jelšah

See also

• Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
• Maribor