Historical regions of the Balkan Peninsula - Definition and Overview

This is a list of major historical regions of the Balkan Peninsula. Note that these regions come from different time periods - from ancient to modern era - and may often overlap. National borders have been drawn across those regions multiple times over centuries so usually they cannot be assigned to any specific nation. The list below indicates which present-day states control the whole or a part of each of the listed regions.

Key:
A - Albania, Bg - Bulgaria, BH - Bosnia and Herzegovina, C - Croatia, M - Republic of Macedonia, G - Greece, H - Hungary,
R - Romania, SM - Serbia and Montenegro, Sl - Slovenia, T - Turkey

• Attica (G)
• Banat (R, H, Sr)
• Carniola (Sl)
• Dacia (R)
• Dalmatia (C)
• Dobruja (R, Bg)
• Epirus (G, A)
• Herzegovina (BH)
• Illyria (A, SM)
• Kosovo (SM)
• Macedonia (M, G, Bg)
• Moesia (Bg, SM)
• Montenegro or Zeta (SM)
• Pannonia (C, H, SM)
• Peloponnesos or Morea (G)
• Rumelia (Bg, T, G, M)
  • Eastern Rumelia (Bg)
• Serbia (SM, BH)
• Slavonia (C)
• Thessaly (G)
• Thrace (T, G, Bg)
• Vojvodina (SM)
• Wallachia (R)

For more historial and present-day regions in the Balkan countries see:

• Districts of Albania
• Bulgaria
• Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Peripheries of Greece
• Counties of Romania
• Political divisions of Serbia and Montenegro
• Geographical regions in Serbia and Montenegro

• Austria-Hungary
• Yugoslavia

Related page:

• Historical regions of Central Europe