Serbia

Serbia

Flag of Serbia

Official languages
Capital

Belgrade
Area
Government
88,361 km2
Parliamentary republic
Population
Religion
7,186,862
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Time zone
Currency
CET (UTC+1)
Serbian denar
Demonym Serbian
Preceded by
Succeeded by

Serbia is a country in Europe. The capital and the largest city is Belgrade[1]. The official language is Serbian[2]. As of 2014, Serbia had 7,129,366 inhabitants[3]

Geography

Serbia is geographically divided into plains and mountainous area and the boundary between these two parts are rivers Danube and Sava. Plain area is called Vojvodina and it is mostly agricultural area without many hills or mountains. The highest hills are Vršac Mountains (641 m), Fruška gora (539 m) and Titelski Breg (128 m ). Mountainous part, however, have some very high mountains. The highest mountain in Serbia is Prokletije (2,656 m). Most famous mountains include: Šar Mountains (2,585 m), Kopaonik (2,017 m), Zlatar (1,627 m), Tara (1,544 m) and Zlatibor (1,496 m).

Location

Location of Serbia in Europe

Serbia is located in southeastern part of Europe and shares borders with Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania.

Cities

The 10 most populous cities are:

  1. Belgrade
  2. Novi Sad
  3. Niš
  4. Kragujevac
  5. Subotica
  6. Zrenjanin
  7. Pančevo
  8. Čačak
  9. Novi Pazar
  10. Kraljevo
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States and dependencies of Europe

States: Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkiye · Ukraine · United Kingdom · Vatican City
States with limited recognition: Abkhazia · Artsakh · Kosovo · Northern Cyprus · South Ossetia · Transnistria
Dependencies: Åland Islands · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Faroe Islands · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Isle of Man · Jersey · Svalbard


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