The Drava River at Maribor , Slovenia
Podravina (in Croatian ) or Podravje (in Slovenian ) are Slavic names for the Drava river basin in Croatia and Slovenia .
History
Between 1929 and 1941 a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia known as the Drava Banovina (Drava province) existed in the area with its capital in Ljubljana . The Drava Banovina comprised most of present-day Slovenia .
Today, one of the counties in Croatia is named Virovitica-Podravina , however the official capital of the region is the city of Koprivnica which is also the capital of Koprivnica-Križevci County .[1]
Major cities and towns along the river
Cities and towns in Slovenia:
Cities and towns in Croatia:
The state route D2 connects all Croatian towns in Podravina .
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