the governorship of dalmatia was made up of parts of coastal kingdom of yugoslavia that were occupied and annexed by italy from april 1941 to september 1943. italy already had, since 1919, the italian province of zara ("provincia di zara") on the dalmatian coastline with zara as capital and the island of lagosta (actually called lastovo) after world war i (for a total area of about 200 square kilometers).