The
Banat is a geographical and
historical region in Central Europe that is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western
Romania (the counties of
Timiș,
Caraș-Severin,
Arad south of the
Mureș, and the western part of
Mehedinți); the western part in northeastern
Serbia (mostly included in
Vojvodina, except for a small part included in the
Belgrade Region); and a small northern part lies within southeastern
Hungary (
Csongrád county). The Banat is populated by ethnic
Romanians,
Serbs,
Hungarians,
Romani,
Germans,
Krashovani,
Ukrainians,
Slovaks,
Bulgarians,
Czechs,
Croats,
Jews and other
ethnicities.
