Spatial data of municipalities in Yugoslavia and its successor states, 1970-2020

Abstract

Set of vector maps of the territory of SFR Yugoslavia with the administrative division into municipalities in the period from 1970 to 1991, as well as the territories of Yugoslavia’s successor states – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia – with the administrative division into municipalities in the period from 1992 to 2020. Vector data is stored as ESRI shapefiles and contains vector data - polygons. Municipal data valid on 1 July of a given year. All maps were newly created using information on individual municipalities published in Enciklopedija Jugoslavije and the official gazettes of the successor states: Službeni list Bosne i Hercegovine, Narodne novine, Gazeta Zyrtare e Republikës së Kosovës, Službeni list Crne Gore, Služben vesnik na Republika Severna Makedonija, Uradni list Republike Slovenije, Službeni glasnik Republike Srbije