Serbia

The Republic of Serbia (Serbian: ????????? ??????, Republika Srbija) 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.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Serbia

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Serbia is populated mostly by Serbs. Significant minorities include Albanians, Hungarians, Muslims,Bosniaks, Roma, Croats, Slovaks, Bulgarians, Romanians, etc. Serbia consists of three territories: the province of Kosovo and Metohia, the province of Vojvodina and Central Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: ????????? ??????, Serbian Latin: Centralna Srbija, English: Central Serbia. Note: The English language sometimes uses the varieties such are "Serbia proper" or "Narrower Serbia"). Both provinces are extremely ethnically diverse which is a result of the division of the country between the Muslim Ottoman Empire and Catholic Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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Serbs - Minorities - Albanians - Hungarians - Muslims - Bosniaks - Roma - Croats - Slovaks - Bulgarians - Romanians - Kosovo and Metohia - Vojvodina - Central Serbia - Serbian Cyrillic - Serbian Latin - English - Muslim - Ottoman Empire - Catholic - Austro-Hungarian Empire

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The northern province of Vojvodina is the most developed part of the country in terms of economic strength, liberal values, quality of education and so on. Together with the Former Yugoslav republics of Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vojvodina was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before the First World War. Vojvodina is probably the most ethnically diverse territory in Europe, excepting London, a fact which tends to surprise most people who only know of Serbia through the prism of the 1990s. More than 25 ethnic groups live in the province. According to the last completed census (2002), the province has a population of about 2 million, of which:

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Vojvodina - Former Yugoslav republics - Slovenia - Croatia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Austro-Hungarian Empire - London - 1990s - 2002

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Serbs 65%, Hungarians 14.3%, Slovaks 2.79%, Croats 2.78%, undeclared 2.71%, Yugoslavs 2.45%, Montenegrins 1.75%, Romanians 1.50%, Roma 1.43%, Bunjevci 0.97%, Ruthenians 0.77%, Macedonians 0.58%, regional affiliation 0.50%, Ukrainians 0.23%, others (Albanians, Slovenians, Germans, Poles etc). See also: Demographic history of Vojvodina

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Serbs - Hungarians - Slovaks - Croats - Yugoslavs - Montenegrins - Romanians - Roma - Bunjevci - Ruthenians - Macedonians - Ukrainians - Albanians - Slovenians - Germans - Poles - Demographic history of Vojvodina

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;Population statistics of Serbia (Estimate May 2005):

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• Serbia (total): 9,396,411
• Vojvodina: 2,116,725
• Central Serbia: 5,479,686
• Kosovo and Metohija: 1,800,000

;Main cities (over 100,000 inhabitants) - census 2002 :

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:Beograd (Belgrade): 1,280,600 (1,574,050 including neighbouring places)

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:Novi Sad: 215,600 (298,139 including neighbouring places)

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:Pri?tina: 200,000 (251,784 including neighbouring places)

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:Ni?: 173,400 (234,863 including neighbouring places)

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:Kragujevac: 146,000 (175,182 including neighbouring places)

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:Subotica: 99,500 (147,758 including neighbouring places)

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See also: Serbian cities

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