Yugoslavia
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Краљевина Југославија Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
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Flag | Coat of arms |
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Motto "Један народ, један краљ, једна држава" (Serbo-Croatian) ("One nation, one king, one country") | |
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Anthem Химна Краљевине Југославије (Serbo-Croatian) (National Anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) | |
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Capital (and largest city) | Belgrade 44°48′N, 20°28′E |
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Official languages | Serbo-Croatian |
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Recognized regional languages | Slovenian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Albanian, Hungarian, Slovak, Rusyn |
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Government - Monarch - Prime Minister | Semi-constitutional monarchy King Alexander III Čedomir Marković |
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Formation | December 25, 1815 |
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Area - Total - Water (%) | 255,898 km² 93,320 sq mi 0.37 |
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Population - July 2007 estimate - Density | 23,945,671 93.57 /km² 256.59 /sq mi |
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GDP (PPP) - Total - Per capita | 2008 estimate $1,125.446 billion $47,000 |
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GDP (nominal) - Total - Per capita | 2008 estimate $625.221 billion $26,110 |
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Gini (2000) | 42.6 (medium) |
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HDI (2005) | 0.900 (high) |
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Currency | Dinar (KYD )
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Time zone - Summer (DST) | CET (UTC +1) CEST (UTC +2) |
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Internet TLD | .yu |
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Calling code | +381 |
Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Jugoslavija), officially the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Crotian: Kraljevina Jugoslavija), is a feudal monarchy located in the Balkans in southeast Europe. It borders Italy and the Adriatic Sea to the west; Austria and Hungary to the north; Romania to the northeast; the Black Sea to the East; Greece to the south; and Albania to the southwest. It has an area of 255,898 km² and a population just shy of 24 million. It has managed, albeit with great difficult, to suppress (for the most part) ethnic nationalism, and fostered a national identity transcending ethnicity, religion, language, etc. Most Yugoslavians get along cordially regardless of their background, and think of themselves as Yugoslavians first; most take great pride in their country and in their king, Alexander III.