Profile
Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.
In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. The monarchy remained in power until 1945, when the communist Partisans headed by Josip Broz (aka TITO) took control of the newly created Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). After TITO died in 1980, communism in Yugoslavia gradually gave way to resurgent nationalism. In 1989, Slobodan MILOSEVIC became president of the Republic of Serbia, and his calls for Serbian domination led to the violent breakup of Yugoslavia along ethnic lines.
- Capital
- Belgrade (Beograd)
- Government
- parliamentary republic
- Population
- 6,652,212
- Area
- 77,474 sq km
- Location
- Southeastern Europe, between Macedonia and Hungary
- Climate
- in the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well-distributed rainfall);
- Natural resources
- oil; gas; coal; iron ore; copper; zinc…
- Languages
- Serbian (official) 88.1%; Hungarian 3.4%; Bosnian 1.9%; Romani 1.4%…
- Religions
- Serbian Orthodox 81.1%; unknown 5.3%; Islam 4.2%; Catholic 3.9%…
- Independence
- 5 June 2006 (from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro);
- Administrative divisions
- 117 municipalities (opstine, singular - opstina) and 28 cities (gradovi, singular - grad) municipalities: Ada*, Aleksand…
- Currency
- Serbian dinars (RSD)
- Export partners
- Germany 15%; Hungary 7%; Bosnia & Herzegovina 5%; Italy 5%…
- Import partners
- Germany 12%; China 10%; Italy 7%; Turkey 5%…
Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain