The Serbian Banat includes the part located east of the Tisza in North Banat District, Central Banat District, and South Banat District, as well as the area called Pančevački Rit, which is part of the administrative area of the City of Belgrade.
Banat, ethnically mixed historic region of eastern Europe; it is bounded by Transylvania and Walachia in the east, by the Tisza River in the west, by the Mures River in the north, and by the Danube River in the south. After 1920 Banat was divided among the states of Romania, Yugoslavia, and Hungary.
The old ("undivided") Banat comprises areas of present-day western Romania, north-eastern Serbia, and southern Hungary, with a total area of 11,013 square miles. It was an Ottoman province from 1552 to 1718, when it became part of Habsburg Austria.
Banat is the Serbian and Romanian language word for a Banate – a term used in the Middle Ages for a region ruled by a military governor, who was called a Ban. Currently Banat is a region that spans 3 countries – Romania, Serbia, and Hungary.
Banat (in Romanian: Banat, in Hungarian: Bánság, in Serbian: Банат) is a geographical and historical region in the Pannonian Basin, which stretches between Central and Eastern Europe.
Banat is the Romanian language word for a Banate - a term used in the Middle Ages for a region ruled by a military governor, who was called a Ban. Currently Banat is a region that spans 3 countries - Romania, Serbia, and Hungary.
It is divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania; the western part of Banat is in northeastern Serbia; and a small northern part lies within southeastern Hungary.