Geography
Location: Southeastern Europe, between Macedonia and Hungary
Area:
total: 88,361 sq km
land: 88,361 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Climate: in the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); in other parts, continental and Mediterranean climate (hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall)
Terrain: extremely varied; to the north, rich fertile plains; to the east, limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast, ancient mountains and hills
Economy
GDP: $41.15 billion for Serbia (including Kosovo) (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 5.9% for Serbia alone (excluding Kosovo) (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $4,400 for Serbia (including Kosovo) (2005)
Inflation rate: 15.5% (2005)
Currency: new Yugoslav dinar (YUM); note - in Kosovo both the euro and the Yugoslav dinar are legal
Exchange rates: new Yugoslav dinars per US dollar - 58.6925 (2005)
People
Population: 9,396,411 (2002 census)
Religions: Serbian Orthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant
Languages: Serbian (official nationwide); Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Croatian (all official in Vojvodina); Albanian (official in Kosovo)
Government
Capital:
name: Belgrade
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Independence: 5 June 2006 (from Serbia and Montenegro)
