Serbia

 

Country abbrevation: SRB
Tel./ Internet ext.: +381 Internet: .rs
Time zone: +1 GMT
Official name: Republika Srbija (Republic of Serbia)
Languages: Serbian 88.3% (official), Hungarian 3.8%, Bosniak 1.8%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.1%, other 5%, (2002 census)
note: Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Croatian all official in Vojvodina; Albanian official in Kosovo

Government type: republic
Independence:5 June 2006 (from Serbia and Montenegro)
Capital: Beograd (Belgrade)
Surface (sq. km): 88,361 sq km

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Danube and Timok Rivers 35 m
Highest point: Daravica 2,656 m (if Kosovo is excluded then Midzor 2,168 m)

GDP: $78.44 billion (2009 est.)
GDP per capita: $10,600 (2009 est.)
Currency: Serbian Dinar (RSD)
Inhabitants: 7,344,847 (July 2010 est., ex Kosovo)
Major religions: Serbian Orthodox 85%, Catholic 5.5%, Protestant 1.1%, Muslim 3.2%, unspecified 2.6%, other, unknown, or atheist 2.6% (2002 census)

Railways:  
Railway company: ZS (link) Network lenght: total: 3,800 km standard gauge, 1.435-m gauge (electrified 1,195 km) (2006)
EU: Serbia is a potential candidate member state