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Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea,
between Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Geographic coordinates: 44 00 N, 21 00 E
Map references: Europe
Area:
total: 102,350 sq km (Serbia 88,412 sq km; Montenegro 13,938
sq km)
land: 102,136 sq km (Serbia 88,412 sq km; Montenegro 13,724
sq km)
water: 214 sq km (Serbia 0 sq km; Montenegro 214 sq km)
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Kentucky (Serbia
is slightly larger than Maine; Montenegro is slightly smaller than
Connecticut)
Land boundaries:
total: 2,246 km
border countries: Albania 287 km (114 km with Serbia, 173
km with Montenegro), Bosnia and Herzegovina 527 km (312 km with
Serbia, 215 km with Montenegro), Bulgaria 318 km (with Serbia),
Croatia (north) 241 km (with Serbia), Croatia (south) 25 km (with
Montenegro), Hungary 151 km (with Serbia), The Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia 221 km (with Serbia), Romania 476 km (with Serbia)
note: the internal boundary between Montenegro and Serbia
is 211 km
Coastline: 199 km (Montenegro 199 km, Serbia 0 km)
Maritime claims: NA
Climate: in the north, continental climate (cold winters
and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); central
portion, continental and Mediterranean climate; to the south, Adriatic
climate along the coast, hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively
cold winters with heavy snowfall inland
Terrain: extremely varied; to the north, rich fertile plains;
to the east, limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast, ancient
mountains and hills; to the southwest, extremely high shoreline
with no islands off the coast
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Daravica 2,656 m
Natural resources: oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper, lead,
zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome, hydro power
Land use:
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
permanent pastures: NA%
forests and woodland: NA%
other: NA%
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Natural hazards: destructive earthquakes
Environment - current issues: pollution of coastal waters
from sewage outlets, especially in tourist-related areas such as
Kotor; air pollution around Belgrade and other industrial cities;
water pollution from industrial wastes dumped into the Sava which
flows into the Danube
Environment - international agreements:
party to: none of the selected agreements
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note: controls one of the major land routes
from Western Europe to Turkey and the Near East; strategic location
along the Adriatic coast
Background:
Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint independent
state, but this entity has not been formally recognized as a state
by the US.
The US view is that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(SFRY) has dissolved and that none of the successor republics represents
its continuation. In 1999, massive expulsions by Serbs of ethnic
Albanians living in the autonomous republic of Kosovo provoked an
international response, including the bombing of Serbia and the
stationing of NATO and Russian peacekeepers in Kosovo.
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