SerbiaEurope The Republic of Serbia is a republic in south-eastern Europe which is united with Montenegro in a loose commonwealth known as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The capital is in Belgrade. Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia and Albania to the south; and Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to the west. Republika Srbija Republic of Serbia Serbia and Montenegro Official language Serbian #1 Capital Belgrade Independence - Declared from the Ottoman Empire Gained autonomy 1817 Independence July 13, 1878 Area 88,361 kmē Population 7.498.001 (2002) (not including data for Kosovo and Metohia Province) Ethnic groups (not including data for Kosovo and Metohia Province) Serbs: 82,86% Hungarians: 3,91% Bosniaks: 1,82% Roma: 1,44% Yugoslavs: 1,08% Croats: 0,94% Montenegrins: 0,92% Albanians: 0,82% Slovaks: 0,79% Vlachs: 0,53% Romanians: 0,46% Macedonians: 0,35% Bulgarians: 0,27% Bunjevci: 0,27% Muslims: 0,26% Rusins: 0,21% Anthem Boze Pravde Time zone UTC +1 Currency Serbian dinar (CSD)Also Euro (EUR) in Kosovo Internet TLD .yu still used (.cs reserved) Airline carrier Jat Airways #1 In Vojvodina, the following languages are also official: Romanian, Rusin, Hungarian, Slovak and Croatian; In Kosovo also: Albanian. For a more information about Serbia see Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This page was retrieved and condensed from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia) December 2005 All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (see Copyrights for details). About Wikipedia Disclaimers This information was correct in December 2005. E. & O.E. Hui Chin and I spent some time touring around Serbia exploring some of the cities and other attractions including spending some time in and around Belgrade.
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