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Serbia is populated mostly by Serbs. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country One of the first Serbian states Raška, was founded in the first half of the 7th century on Byzantine territory by the Unknown This is a history of Vojvodina. Vojvodina (Војводина is the Serbian name for the territory of Northern Serbia, consisting of the southern The Kosovo region in the Balkans in antiquity was known as Dardania, and from the 1st century AD formed part of the Roman province of Moesia Politics of Serbia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Serbia is This is article about politics of Vojvodina. Vojvodina is an autonomous province in Serbia whose population is composed of 65 Politics of Kosovo take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Kosovo The Government of Serbia (Влада Републике Србије / Vlada Republike Srbije is the main element of the Executive branch of government in Serbia. The unicameral Parliament of Serbia is known as the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: Народна The President of Serbia is the Head of state of the Republic of Serbia. Boris Tadić (Борис Тадић born January 15, 1958) is a Serbian politician and the current President of Serbia. President of the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( Predsednik Vlade Republike Srbije) is the head of the Government of Serbia. Dr Vojislav Koštunica ( Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав Коштуница) (ˈvɔjislaːv kɔˈʃtunitsa born March 24, 1944, Belgrade The current Constitution of Serbia was approved by a referendum held in 2006 during October 28 and October 29. This article lists political parties in Serbia. Serbia has a Multi-party system with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining Serbia elects on national level a Legislature and a president A referendum on a proposed draft of the new Serbian constitution was held on October 28 and 29 October 2006 and has resulted in the draft constitution Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Serbia on December 28, 2003. Parliamentary elections took place in Serbia on 21 January 2007. Serbia held the first round of its 2004 elections for President of Serbia on Sunday 13 June 2004, and the second round on Sunday 27 June A pre-term presidential election was held in Serbia on January 20 and February 3 2008 Due to the Montenegrin independence referendum from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be inherited along with all of its holdings The Serbian Armed Forces is the unified armed force that defends the Republic of Serbia and conducts other missions with respect to the constitution and laws of Serbia The territorial organization of the Republic of Serbia is regulated by the Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government adopted in the Assembly of Serbia See also Subdivisions of Serbia Districts (Окрузи Okruzi) are the Administrative units of Serbia, comprising several municipalities See also Subdivisions of Serbia There are 200 municipalities in Serbia: 124 in Central Serbia, 46 in Vojvodina and 30 in Kosovo Serbia has an economy based mostly on various services, Industry and Agriculture. Broadband Internet access See also Broadband Internet access in Serbia Telekom Serbia provides Internet access over Dial-Up, ISDN and ADSL connections Serbia, and in particular the valley of Morava is often described as "the crossroad between the East and the West " which is one of primary reasons National Bank of Serbia (Народна банка Србије or Narodna banka Srbije) is the Central bank of the Republic of Serbia and as such its main Serbian culture refers to the culture of Serbia as well as the culture of Serbs in other parts of the former Yugoslavia and elsewhere in the world Serbia is a multireligious country The dominant religion is Orthodox Christianity (notably the Serbian Orthodox Church) but there are also numerous adherents of The Music of the Serbian people and Serbia presents a mixture of the traditional music which is part of the wider Balkan tradition with its own distinctive Serbia has only one nationwide official language which is Serbian. Serbia is country located in the Balkans (a historical and geographical region of southeastern Europe) and in the Pannonian Plain (a region of This is the full list of Mountains in Serbia (plus those in the disputed territory of Kosovo) This is a list of the Rivers of Serbia, either those flowing entirely or partially within Serbia proper or just being a border rivers This is the list of cities and towns in Serbia, according to the criteria used by Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, which classifies the settlements into This is the complete list of settlements in Serbia without Kosovo, as recorded by 2002 census, sorted by municipalities. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, Significant minorities include Albanians (who are a majority in the province of Kosovo), Hungarians, Bosniaks, Roma, Croats, Slovaks, Bulgarians, Romanians, etc. } Albanians (Shqiptarët are an Ethnic group and a Nation, in the sense of sharing a common Albanian culture speaking the Albanian language Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. The Bosniaks or Bosniacs (Bošnjak pl Bošnjaci bɔ'ʃɲaːt͡si are a South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Bosnia" The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins Croats (Hrvati are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries } The Slovaks or Slovakians are a western Slavic People that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is The Bulgarians (българи balgari) are a South Slavic people generally associated with the Republic of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language The Romanians (dated Rumanians or Roumanians; Romanian: români or historically and today rather seldom and only regional rumâni Serbia consists of three territories: the province of Kosovo, the province of Vojvodina and Central Serbia. The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina ( Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина or Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina; Hungarian: Vajdaság Political status The region of Central Serbia is not an administrative division of Serbia as such it is under the direct jurisdiction of the republic authorities The two provinces are ethnically diverse, which is a result of the division of the country between the Muslim Ottoman Empire in the south and Catholic Austro-Hungarian Empire in the north. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete".
The northern province of Vojvodina is the most developed part of the country in terms of economic strength. The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina ( Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина or Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina; Hungarian: Vajdaság Together with the former Yugoslav republics of Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vojvodina was under the administration of Austria-Hungary before the First World War. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan Vojvodina is one of the most ethnically diverse territories in Europe, with more than 25 different national communities.
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| Serbia (including Kosovo) in 1991 | ||||
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| Serbs | 78% | |||
| Albanians | 16% | |||
| Hungarians | 5. 0% | |||
| other | 1. 0% | |||
| Serbia (excluding Kosovo) in 2002 | ||||
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| Serbs | 82. 86% | |||
| Hungarians | 3. 91% | |||
| Bosniaks | 1. 82% | |||
| Roma | 1. 44% | |||
| Yugoslavs | 1. 08% | |||
| other | 9. 79% | |||
| Central Serbia in 2002 | ||||
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| Serbs | 89. 48% | |||
| Bosniaks | 2. 48% | |||
| Roma | 1. 45% | |||
| Albanians | 1. 10% | |||
| other | 5. 49% | |||
| Vojvodina in 2002 | ||||
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| Serbs | 65. 05% | |||
| Hungarians | 14. 28% | |||
| Slovaks | 2. 79% | |||
| Croats | 2. 78% | |||
| Yugoslavs | 2. 45% | |||
| Montenegrins | 1. 75% | |||
| Romanians | 1. 50% | |||
| Roma | 1. 43% | |||
| other | 7. 97% | |||
| Kosovo (2000 estimate) | ||||
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| Albanians | 87% | |||
| Serbs | 7% | |||
| Slavic muslims | 3% | |||
| Roma | 2% | |||
| Turks | 1% | |||
The ethnic composition of Central Serbia and Vojvodina, according to the 2002 census[1]:
| Serbia (excluding Kosovo) | Central Serbia | Vojvodina | ||||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 7,498,001 | 100 | 5,466,009 | 100 | 2,031,992 | 100 |
| Serbs | 6,212,838 | 82. Political status The region of Central Serbia is not an administrative division of Serbia as such it is under the direct jurisdiction of the republic authorities The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina ( Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина or Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina; Hungarian: Vajdaság Political status The region of Central Serbia is not an administrative division of Serbia as such it is under the direct jurisdiction of the republic authorities The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina ( Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина or Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina; Hungarian: Vajdaság Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, 86 | 4,891,031 | 89. 48 | 1,321,807 | 65. 05 |
| Montenegrins | 69,049 | 0. Montenegrins ( Serbian: Црногорци/ Crnogorci) are a South Slavic people closely akin to the Serbs, associated to Montenegro 92 | 33,536 | 0. 61 | 35,513 | 1. 75 |
| Yugoslavs | 80,721 | 1. Yugoslavs ( Bosnian: Jugosloveni/Jugoslaveni; Macedonian and Serbian: Југословени Jugosloveni; Croatian 08 | 30,840 | 0. 56 | 49,881 | 2. 45 |
| Albanians | 61,647 | 0. } Albanians (Shqiptarët are an Ethnic group and a Nation, in the sense of sharing a common Albanian culture speaking the Albanian language 82 | 59,952 | 1. 1 | 1,695 | 0. 08 |
| Bosniaks | 136,087 | 1. The Bosniaks or Bosniacs (Bošnjak pl Bošnjaci bɔ'ʃɲaːt͡si are a South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Bosnia" 82 | 135,670 | 2. 48 | 417 | 0. 02 |
| Bulgarians | 20,497 | 0. The Bulgarians (българи balgari) are a South Slavic people generally associated with the Republic of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language 27 | 18,839 | 0. 34 | 1,658 | 0. 08 |
| Bunjevci | 20,012 | 0. Bunjevci ( Bunjevac, Croatian and Serbian: Bunjevci / Буњевци singular Bunjevac / Буњевац (pronounced 'boo-nyev-tsi 27 | 246 | 0 | 19,766 | 0. 97 |
| Gorani | 4,581 | 0. The Goran or Gorani are a Balkan Ethnic group characterised by their adherence to Islam and by their dwelling in the border region between Albania 06 | 3,975 | 0. 07 | 606 | 0. 03 |
| Croats | 70,602 | 0. Croats (Hrvati are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries 94 | 14,056 | 0. 26 | 56,546 | 2. 78 |
| Macedonians | 25,847 | 0. The Macedonians (Македонци transliterated Makedonci) also referred to as Macedonian Slavs --> --> are a South Slavic people 35 | 14,062 | 0. 26 | 11,785 | 0. 58 |
| Muslims (by nationality) | 19,503 | 0. Muslims by nationality ( Muslimani, Муслимани was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of 26 | 15,869 | 0. 29 | 3,634 | 0. 18 |
| Roma and Sinti | 108,193 | 1. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins Sinti or Sinta (Singular masc=Sinto sing fem=Sintisa is the name of a European Ethnic group. 44 | 79,136 | 1. 45 | 29,057 | 1. 43 |
| Vlachs (Romanians) | 40,054 | 0. Vlachs ( Endonym: Rumâni, Serbian: Власи or Vlasi) are an ethnic group of Serbia, culturally and linguistically 53 | 39,953 | 0. 73 | 101 | 0 |
| Romanians | 34,576 | 0. The Romanians (dated Rumanians or Roumanians; Romanian: români or historically and today rather seldom and only regional rumâni 46 | 4,157 | 0. 08 | 30,419 | 1. 5 |
| Germans | 3,901 | 0. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as 05 | 747 | 0. 01 | 3,154 | 0. 16 |
| Ruthenes | 15,905 | 0. The term Ruthenians (Русини Rusyny) is a culturally loaded term and has different meanings according to the context in which it is used 21 | 279 | 0. 01 | 15,626 | 0. 77 |
| Russians | 2,588 | 0. The Russian people (Русские— Russkie) are an East Slavic Ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries 03 | 1,648 | 0. 03 | 940 | 0. 05 |
| Slovaks | 59,021 | 0. } The Slovaks or Slovakians are a western Slavic People that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is 79 | 2,384 | 0. 04 | 56,637 | 2. 79 |
| Slovenes | 5,104 | 0. Slovenes or Slovenians ( Slovene Slovenci, dual Slovenca, singular Slovenec, feminine Slovenke, dual Slovenki 07 | 3,099 | 0. 06 | 2,005 | 0. 1 |
| Czechs | 2,211 | 0. Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic 03 | 563 | 0. 01 | 1,648 | 0. 08 |
| Ukrainians | 5,354 | 0. Ukrainians (Українці Ukrayintsi,) are an East Slavic Ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly— Citizens 07 | 719 | 0. 01 | 4,635 | 0. 23 |
| Hungarians | 293,299 | 3. Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. 91 | 3,092 | 0. 06 | 290,207 | 14. 28 |
| Others | 11,711 | 0. 16 | 6,400 | 0. 12 | 5,311 | 0. 26 |
| Unspecified | 107,732 | 1. 44 | 52,716 | 0. 97 | 55,016 | 2. 71 |
| Unknown | 75,483 | 1. 01 | 51,709 | 0. 95 | 23,774 | 1. 17 |
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Ethnic map of Serbia, based on municipality data |
Ethnic map of Serbia, based on settlement data |
Population: 9,396,411 (2002 census)
Median age:
total: 40. 4 years
male: 39. 1 years
female: 41. 7 years
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74 years
male: 71 years
female: 76 years (2000 est. )
Total fertility rate: 1. 78 children born/woman (2006 est. )
Nationality:
noun: Serb(s)
adjective: Serbian
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)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96. Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. The Slovak language ( slovenčina, slovenský jazyk, not to be confused with Slovenščina) sometimes referred to as "Slovakian" Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. Croatian language ( hrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic language which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina in neighbouring Albanian (sq ''Gjuha shqipe'' ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ is an Indo-European language spoken by nearly 6 million peoplewhile others claim that it derives from Daco - traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write or the ability to use Language to read, write, listen, 4%
male: 98. 9%
female: 94. 1% (2002 est. )