Podravina (in Croatian) or Podravje (in Slovenian) are Slavic names for the Drava river basin in Croatia and Slovenia.

History

Between 1929 and 1941 a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia known as the Drava Banovina (Drava province) existed in the area with its capital in Ljubljana. The Drava Banovina comprised most of present-day Slovenia.

Today, one of the counties in Croatia is named Virovitica-Podravina, however the official capital of the region is the city of Koprivnica which is also the capital of Koprivnica-Križevci County.^[1]

Major cities and towns along the river

Cities and towns in Slovenia:

• Dravograd
• Maribor
• Ptuj

Cities and towns in Croatia:

• Varaždin
• Koprivnica (Capital of Croatian Podravina) ^[2]
• Đurđevac
• Virovitica
• Slatina
• Osijek

The state route D2 connects all Croatian towns in Podravina.