Slavonia (; ) is, alongside
Dalmatia,
Croatia proper, and
Istria, one of the four
historical regions of
Croatia. Taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five
Croatian counties:
Brod-Posavina,
Osijek-Baranja,
Požega-Slavonia,
Virovitica-Podravina and
Vukovar-Srijem, although the territory of the counties includes
Baranya, and the definition of the western extent of Slavonia as a region varies. The counties cover or 22.2% of Croatia, inhabited by 806,192—18.8% of Croatia's population. The largest city in the region is
Osijek, followed by
Slavonski Brod and
Vinkovci. It is located in the
Pannonian Basin, largely bordered by the
Danube,
Drava and
Sava rivers. In the west, the region consists of the Sava and Drava valleys, and the mountains surrounding the
Požega Valley, and
plains in the east. Slavonia enjoys a moderate
continental climate, with relatively low precipitation.