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( Vojvodina)
The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbian ????????? ????????? ?????????, Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina, listen&_160;(help·info); Hungarian Vajdaság Autonóm Tartomány; Slovak Autonómna Pokrajina Vojvodina; Romanian Provincia Autonoma Voievodina; Croatian Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina; Ukrainian ????????? ???????? ?????????) is an autonomous province in Serbia, containing about 27% of its total population according to the 2002 Census. It is located in the northern part of the country, in the Pannonian plain. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad, at over 300,000 people, while its second largest city is Subotica. Vojvodina has six official languages, and there are more than 26 ethnic groups in the region. The name "Vojvodina" in the Serbian language simply means a type of duchy. Its original historical name (from 1848) was the "Serbian Voivodship" (Srpska Vojvodina), but since Vojvodina is now a part of Serbia, there is no need for the prefix "Serbian" anymore. The full official names of the province in all official languages of Vojvodina are Throughout history, the territory of present day Vojvodina has been a part of Dacia, the Roman Empire, the Hun Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Gepid Kingdom, the Avar Khanate, the Frankish Kingdom, the Pannonian Croatia, the Great Moravia, the Bulgarian Empire, the Serbian Empire of Jovan Nenad, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Independent State of Croatia, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Serbia and Montenegro. Since 2006, Vojvodina is part of an independent Serbia Between 1849 and 1860, this region was referred to as Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš Banat. The region was granted in 1918 by the allied powers to the Kingdom of Serbia, and in 1945 it became part of the People's Republic of Serbia. Together with Kosovo, it enjoyed autonomous status between 1974 and 1988.
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