Serbia — Capital, Flag and Country Facts

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Serbia is in Europe. Its capital is Belgrade.

Climate

Continental in the north with cold winters and hot summers; more moderate in the south

Fertile Pannonian Plain in the north; limestone ranges and basins in the east and southeast

Belgrade is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe.

Serbia gave the world 18 Roman emperors, including Constantine the Great, born in Niš.

Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, was an ethnic Serb born in the Austrian Empire.

1166: Stefan Nemanja founds the medieval Serbian state

1389: Battle of Kosovo against the Ottoman Empire defines Serbian identity

1878: Serbia gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire

1918: Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) formed

2000: Bulldozer Revolution overthrows Milošević regime

2006: Serbia becomes an independent state after Montenegro's separation