Where is Serbia?

Serbia is a country located partly in the Southeast of Europe – on the Balkan Peninsula (75% of the territory), and partly in the Central Europe – in the Pannonian Basin, (25% of its territory), covering a total area of 88,407 km2.

In the North, Serbia shares borders with Hungary, in the East with Romania and Bulgaria, in the South with Macedonia and Albania, and in the West with Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

The Republic of Serbia consists of two autonomous provinces: Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metohija. Since the NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1999), the province Kosovo and Metohija has been under the protection of the United Nations. The institutions of temporary self-government in Kosovo and Metohija, where the Albanians are the ethnic majority, unanimously proclaimed independence on the 17th of February 2008, which remains officially unrecognized by Serbia and the United Nations.

Serbia’s capital is Belgrade.

Geography

Serbia is located on landmass of the Balkan Peninsula, surrounded by the warm seas (Adriatic, Aegean, and Black) while in the North it leans on the European continent. The northern part of the Republic consists of plains, while the hills and mountains are in the southern part.

There are over 30 peaks higher than 2,000 meters above sea level, while the highest peak is Đeravica on the Prokletije Mountains with the height of 2,656 meters. The Serbian mountain landscape explains the emergence of many canyons, gorges and caves. The lowest point is on the border with Romania and Bulgaria, at the point where Timok flows into the Danube, at 28 meters above sea level.

The longest river in Serbia, the Danube, has a flow of 2,783km, while its length in Serbia is 588km.

Serbia has a moderately continental climate. Winters are short, cold and snowy, while the summers are warm. The coldest month is January, and the warmest is July.

Country calling code: +381

National currency: Dinar (RSD)

National internet domain: .rs and .срб (Cyrillic domain)

National vehicle code: SRB

Time zone: Central European CET (GMT +1 hour)

Official language: Serbian

Official script: Cyrillic