National Flag:
Three equal horizontal stripes of red (top), blue, and white – the Pan-Slavic colors representing freedom and revolutionary ideals; charged with the coat of arms of Serbia shifted slightly to the hoist side; the principal field of the coat of arms represents the Serbian state and displays a white bicephalic eagle on a red shield; a smaller red shield on the eagle represents the Serbian nation, and is divided into four quarters by a white cross; a white Cyrillic “C” in each quarter stands for the phrase “Only Unity Saves the Serbs”; a royal crown surmounts the coat of arms.
Capital: Belgrade
Langauges:
Serbian 88.3% (official), Hungarian 3.8%, Bosniak 1.8%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.1%, other 4.1%, unknown 0.9% (2002 census). Note: Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Croatian all official in Vojvodina
Currency: Serbian Dinar
Main Industries:
Base metals, furniture, food processing, machinery, chemicals, sugar, tires, clothes, pharmaceuticals, black pottery, kilim rugs.
Did You Know?
- Serbia and Montenegro were part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- In 2006, Montenegro split from Serbia after the referendum in which the people of Montenegro voted secession.
- Belgrade (Beograd) is Slav for ‘white city’ – the fortress of Beograd was built with white stone.
