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About Serbia
Serbia and Montenegro is bounded by Croatia (northwest), BIH-Republika Srpska(west), Albania (southwest), Macedonia (south), Bulgaria and Romania (east), and Hungary (north).
Area:
The area that the Serbia covers is 88,361 square kilometres, which is close to that of Austria.
Climate:
Climate ranges from continental in the north (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall) to Mediterranean in the south (hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters).
Terrain and Waters:
Terrain of Serbia is diverse and consists of rich fertile plains in the north, limestone ranges and basins in the east and ancient mountains and hills in the southeast Of the total land area, 55% is suitable for farming.
Serbia is mostly mountainous, being ringed by the Dinaric Alps on the west, the �ar Mountains and the North Albanian Alps (Prokletije) on the south, and the Balkan and Carpathian mountains on the east. Many peaks in these ranges surpass 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in elevation.
In central Serbia are the hills of the �umadija, and in the north are the low-lying plains of Vojvodina, where the Danube River is joined by two of its major tributaries, the Sava and Tisa rivers.
The Danube enters Vojvodina from Hungary and flows south eastward where creates natural border between Serbia and Romania. The Morava River and its tributaries drain mountainous Central and Southern Serbia; the Morava flows northward to join the Danube, east of Belgrade.
The access to the Adriatic Sea is secured through Port of Bar in Montenegro that is connected to the Belgrade with the set of roads and Belgrade-Bar railroad.
Time zone:
Serbia is one hour forward of Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT+1:00)
Population:
Serbia has the population of 10,526,135 people. The distribution between urban and rural population is relatively even, but only 8% of rural households earn their income from agriculture. Literacy rate is 78,7%.
Cities:
Belgrade is the capital city and the administrative, economic and cultural heart of Serbia. Other major cities are:Podgorica, Novi Sad, Ni�, Kragujevac, Subotica and Pri�tina.
