Požega County
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Požega County (Croatian: Požeška županija; Hungarian: Pozsega vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision (županija) of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (Transleithania), the Hungarian part of the dual Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its territory is presently in eastern Croatia. The capital of the county was Požega.
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[edit] Geography
Požega county shared borders with the Austrian land Bosnia-Herzegovina and the counties of Zagreb, Bjelovar-Križevci, Virovitica and Srijem (all in Croatia-Slavonia). The county stretched along the left (northern) bank of the river Sava. Its area was 4933 km² around 1910.
[edit] History
The territory of Požega County was part of the Kingdom of Croatia when it entered a personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary in 1102, and with it became part of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1526. Požega County was re-established after it was liberated from Ottoman occupation in the late 17th century. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). Since 1991, when Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia, the county is part of Croatia.
[edit] Demographics
In 1910, the population of the county was 265,272.
Population by language (1910 census):
- Croatian = 142,616
- Serbian = 66,783
- Hungarian = 16,462
- German = 13,143
- Slovak = 3,352
- Rusyn = 2,888
[edit] Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Pozsega county were:
| Districts | |
|---|---|
| District | Capital |
| Slavonski Brod | Slavonski Brod |
| Daruvar | Daruvar |
| Novska | Novska |
| Pakrac | Pakrac |
| Požega | Požega |
| Nova Gradiška | Nova Gradiška |
| Urban districts | |
| Slavonski Brod | |
| Požega | |
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