Banat

Banat (, ;"Banat". Collins English Dictionary/Webster's New World College Dictionary. ; ) 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.

 Geography 
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.

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Category:Divided regions
Category:Regions of Europe
Category:Regions of Romania
Category:Geography of Serbia
Category:Geography of Hungary