![]() By the mid-16th century, the Ottomans annexed the entirety of modern-day Serbia their rule was at times interrupted by the Habsburg Empire, which began expanding towards Central Serbia from the end of the 17th century while maintaining a foothold in Vojvodina. The Serbian Kingdom obtained recognition by the Holy See and Constantinople in 1217, reaching its territorial apex in 1346 as the Serbian Empire. ![]() Its capital Belgrade is also the largest city.Ĭontinuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional states in the early Middle Ages at times recognised as tributaries to the Byzantine, Frankish and Hungarian kingdoms. Serbia with Kosovo has about 8.6 million inhabitants. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claiming a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo. ![]() Serbia ( i / ˈ s b i ə /, sur- BEE-ə Serbian: Србија, Srbija, pronounced ( Audio file "Sr-srbija.ogg" not found)), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: Република Србија, Republika Srbija, pronounced ( Audio file "Sr-Republika Srbija.oga" not found)), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkans. ![]()
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