Banat

Banat (UK: /ˈbænɪt, ˈbɑːn-/, US: /bəˈnɑːt, bɑːn-/; Hungarian: Bánság; Serbian: Банат) is a geographical and historical region in Central and Eastern Europe. It is a part of three countries. The eastern part is in western Romania, the western part of Banat is in northeastern Serbia, and a small northern part is in southeastern Hungary. The region is mostly populated by ethnic Romanians, Serbs and Hungarians.

Banat  (Romanian) Банат / Banat  (Serbian) Bánság  (Hungarian)
Historical region
Map of the region of Banat
Coordinates: 45.7000°N 20.9000°E / 45.7000; 20.9000
Country	Romania Serbia Hungary
Largest city	Timișoara
Area
• Total	28,526 km2 (11,014 sq mi)
Population  (2011 est.)
• Total	1,700,000
• Density	59.6/km2 (154/sq mi)

Banat (dark green) in Europe.

Geography

Banat as seen from NASA's Landsat 7 satellite

Banat is the part of the Pannonian Basin with the Danube to the south, the Tisza to the west, the Mureș to the north and the Southern Carpathians to the east. Banat has an area of 28,526 km². Romanian Banat has an area of 18,966 km², Serbian Banat has an area of 9,276 km², and Hungary 284 km².

Romanian Banat is mountainous in the south and southeast. In the north, west and southwest it is flat and sometimes marshy.

Banat Media

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  Tisza confluence with Danube at Titel

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  Part of the Treasure of Sânnicolau Mare in the Kunsthistorisches Museum

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  Banat in 16th-century map Tabula Hungariae. Note the dramatic geographic changes — a large lake around Zrenjanin is today dried out.

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  Banat of Temeswar, province of the Habsburg monarchy in 1718–1739

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  Banat of Temeswar, province of the Habsburg monarchy in 1739–1751

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  Banat of Temeswar, province of the Habsburg monarchy in 1751–1778

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  Banat region in the cadastral map of the 1769–1772 census

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