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| | Banat |
 | | Banat is a region in Southeastern Europe divided among three countries: the eastern part belongs to Romania (the counties of Timi&; and Cara&;), the western part to Serbia-Montenegro (the Serbian Banat, included in the Vojvodina) and a small northern part to Hungary (Csongrád county). |
 | | There were several banats in Hungary, which disappeared during the Turkish wars, as the banat of Dalmatia, of Slavonia, of Bosnia and of Croatia. |
 | | Maria Theresa also took a great interest in the Banat, colonized the land belonging to the crown with German peasants, founded many villages, encouraged the exploitation of the mineral wealth of the country, and generally developed the measures introduced by Mercy. |
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