Vardar Macedonia (
Macedonian and
Serbian: Вардарска Македонија, Vardarska Makedonija) was the name given to the territory of the
Kingdom of Serbia (1912–1918) and
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) roughly corresponding to today's
North Macedonia. It covers the northwestern part of geographical
Macedonia, whose modern borders came to be defined by the mid-19th century.
The region was initially known as Serbian Macedonia[2][3] although the use of the name Macedonia was prohibited later in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, due to the implemented policy of
Serbianisation of the local Slavic-speakers.[4][5] From 1919 to 1922, the area (including parts of today Kosovo and Eastern Serbia) was part of
South Serbia (
Serbian: Jужна Србија, Južna Srbija),[6][7][8]
In 1929, the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia was divided into provinces called
banovinas. Vardar Macedonia as part of South Serbia then became part of
Vardar Banovina.[9]
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