Serbia

Guide to Serbia

Map of SerbiaSerbia which official name is Republic of Serbia and Montenegro or Serbia, is a country from Europe located at the Southeastern Europe, between Macedonia and Hungary. Serbia with 2,027 km sq km, limits with: Albania 115 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 302 km, Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia 241 km, Hungary 151 km, Macedonia 221 km, Montenegro 203 km, Romania 476 km; and is divided in 190 municipalities . Serbia's capital is Belgrade , but Serbia 's most populated city is 0 with about 0 inhabitants.

History of Serbia

Serbia's government is republic; a Republic with a Executive government type, with President Boris Tadic as head of state and Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica as head of government.

Flag of SerbiaOther symbols of Serbia are Serbian anthem "Bože Pravde (God of Justice) Serbian flag.Serbian flag is composed by three equal horizontal stripes of red (top), blue, and white; charged with the coat of arms of Serbia shifted slightly to the hoist side .

Serbia's history is quite long: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was formed in 1918; its name was changed to Yugoslavia in 1929. Various paramilitary bands resisted Nazi Germany's occupation and division of Yugoslavia from 1941 to 1945, but fought each other and ethnic opponen

Serbias geography

Serbia has an area of 88,361Km ,with a coastline of 0, this great area is composed by 88,361 sq km of land and 0 sq km of water. Serbian geography is known by it's extremely varied land to the north, rich fertile plains and to the east, limestone ranges and basins and to the southeast, ancient mountains and hills . This makes Serbian's land specially proclive to destructive earthquakes.

Guide to travel to Serbia

If you are thinking on traveling to Serbia, you will have to take in consideration some points like Serbia's currency, Serbia's weather, Serbia's national holiday and Serbia's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. Serbia`s currency is called dinar ( Din), which is divided in 100 paras

Serbia's weather is characterized to be in the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); in other parts, continental and Mediterranean climate (relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns). So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to Serbia.

You can also consider to visit Serbia on it's national holiday to get in Serbia's culture. If you do so, Serbia's national holiday is called National Day, 15 February.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of Serbia: Daravica 2,656 m. And try also to get to Serbia's lowest point: 0But if you prefer the city, you must visit Serbia's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to Serbia, with more than 0 airports and 0 airlines, you will get to Serbia without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. Serbia has about3,800 of railways, and also587 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Serbian Culture

Coat of arms of SerbiaSerbia is known by Serbians as Republika Srbija or Srbija in the shortened way. Serbian, about 10,150,265 people, are composed by different ethnics: Serb 82.9%, Hungarian 3.9%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.4%, Yugoslavs 1.1%, Bosniaks 1.8%, Montenegrin 0.9%, other 8% (2002 census). And they also have different languages: Serbian.

Another relevant point nowadays it's Serbia's religion. Serbians are divided in Serbian Orthodox 85%, Catholic 5.5%, Protestant 1.1%, Muslim 3.2%, unspecified 2.6%, other, unknown, or atheist 2.6% (2002 census).



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