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Posavje District (Independent State of Croatia)

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Posavje District
Velika župa Posavje
District of the Independent State of Croatia
1941–1945

Posavje District within the Independent State of
Croatia (after September 1943).
CapitalBrod na Savi a
Area 
• 1941
5,554 km2 (2,144 sq mi)
Population 
• 1941
498,398
History 
• Established
1941
• Disestablished
1945
Today part of Croatia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
a. Present day Slavonski Brod and Bosnian Brod.

The Posavje District (Croatian: Velika župa Posavje) was an administrative division of the Independent State of Croatia. It was made of the kotars of Brod, Županja, Brčko, Derventa, Gradačac and Bijeljina. Its capital was in Brod.

It had a population of 498,398 people in 1941.[1] It had an area of 5,554 square kilometres.[2]

Prefects

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  • Vladimir Sabolić (1941 – June 1943)
  • Muhamed Omerović (June 1943 – 1944)
  • Dragutin Urumović (1944–1945)

References

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  1. ^ "Period of the Second World War". Archived from the original on 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  2. ^ Topalović, Vjenceslav. Srednja Bosna - ne zaboravimo hrvatske zrtve 1941-50./1991-95. HIC, Zagreb 2000.