Banat

Banat (Romanian: Banat; Serbian: ????? or Banat; German: Banat; Hungarian: Bánát or Bánság; Slovak: Banát) is a region in Southeastern Europe divided among three countries: the eastern part belongs to Romania (the counties of Timi? and Cara?-Severin), the western part to Serbia-Montenegro (the Serbian Banat, mostly included in the Vojvodina, except for a small part included in Central Serbia), and a small northern part to Hungary (Csongrád county). It is part of the Pannonian plain bordered by the Danube river in the south, the Tisza (Theiss, Tissa, Tisa) river in the west, the Mure? in the north and the Southern Carpathians in the east. Its historical capital was Timi?oara (Hungarian: Temesvár, Serbian: Temi?var), now in the Timi? county in Romania.

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Romanian - Serbian - German - Hungarian - Slovak - Romania - Timi? - Cara?-Severin - Serbia-Montenegro - Vojvodina - Central Serbia - Hungary - Csongrád - Pannonian plain - Danube - Tisza - Mure? - Carpathians - Timi?oara

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The term Banat designated a frontier province governed by a ban.

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There were several banats in the Kingdom of Hungary, such as the banats of Dalmatia, of Slavonia, of Bosnia and of Croatia; these disappeared during the course of the Turkish Wars. But when the word is used without any other qualification, it indicates the Timi?oara Banat, which strangely acquired this title after the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718), though it was never governed by a ban.

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Kingdom of Hungary - Dalmatia - Slavonia - Bosnia - Croatia - Turkish Wars - Timi?oara Banat - Treaty of Passarowitz - 1718

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